Prevention of incisional hernia after kidney transplantation: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background Incisional hernia is a common complication after kidney transplantation with an incidence of 1.6–18%. Concerning non-transplant patients, a recently published meta-analysis describes a reduction of the incidence of incisional hernia of up to 85% due to prophylactic mesh replaceme...

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Main Authors: Victoria Gómez-Dos-Santos, José Antonio López-Plaza, José Manuel Molina-Villar, Luis Blázquez-Hernando, Víctor Diez-Nicolás, Miguel Jiménez-Cidre, Belén Porrero-Guerrero, Rafael Rodríguez-Patrón, Fernando Arias-Fúnez, Alfonso Muriel-García, José María Fernández-Cebrián, Francisco Javier Burgos-Revilla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-08-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-023-07545-0