Progress of prevention and surgical treatment for para-stomal hernia

Abstract

Prevention and surgical treatment of para-stomal hernia remain a major challenge to surgeons. The effects of traditional non-operative and surgical treatment would likely be few, but the application of surgical technique which places a prophylactic mesh at the primary operation is bringing down the incidence of parastomal hernia in recent years. Due to a high recurrence rate of parastomal hernia after traditional in or ex situ tissues repair, the short-term outcomes of surgical treatment for parastomal hernia have significantly been improved by using prosthetic mesh, while the long-term outcomes are uncertain and needed for further investigation. Key words: Parastomal hernia; Prevention; The-rapy