Surgery
Volume 148, Issue 3 , Pages 544-558 , September 2010

Incisional ventral hernias: Review of the literature and recommendations regarding the grading and technique of repair

  • The Ventral Hernia Working Group
    • ,
  • Karl Breuing, MD

      Affiliations

    • Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Charles E. Butler, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
    • ,
  • Stephen Ferzoco, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Michael Franz, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Michael Franz, MD, University of Michigan Health System, 2922H Taubman Health Care Center, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5331.
    • ,
  • Charles S. Hultman, MD, MBA, FACS

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
    • ,
  • Joshua F. Kilbridge

      Affiliations

    • Kilbridge Associates, San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • Michael Rosen, MD

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital, Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
    • ,
  • Ronald P. Silverman, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • ,
  • Daniel Vargo, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • University of Utah Health Science Center, Salt Lake City, UT

,Accepted 14 January 2010.

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 Supported by funding for the VHWG provided by LifeCell Corporation, Branchburg, NJ. Editorial support was provided by Medisys Health Communications, High Bridge, NJ. Writing assistance provided by Joshua Kilbridge of Kilbridge Associates, San Francisco, CA.

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doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2010.01.008

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