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Despite advances in surgical technique and materials, abdominal fascial closure has remained a procedure that often reflects a surgeon’s personal preference with a reliance on tradition and anecdotal experience. Several theoretical and practical facts have been described about operative site healing and include the physiology of fascial healing, the physical properties of specific closure methods, the properties of the available suture materials and patientrelated risk factors [1, 2]. Yet the ideal techniques and materials, although suggested by the surgical literature, have not been uniformly accepted.
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Ceydeli, A., Rucinski, J., Wise, L. (2007). Finding the Best Abdominal Closure — An Evidence-Based Overview of the Literature. In: Schumpelick, V., Fitzgibbons, R.J. (eds) Recurrent Hernia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68988-1_14
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