Primary fascial closure of large abdominal incisional hernia is safe and effective.
Elroy Patrick Weledji
Professor of Anatomy and surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, S.W.Region, Cameroon, W/Africa
Correspondence: Elroy P. Weledji, PO Box 126, Limbe, S.W.Region, Cameroon. Tel:237699922144. Email: elroypat@yahoo.co.uk
Abstract: An incisional hernia is usually a defect in the scar of an abdominal surgery. A 23-year-old African woman with a large incisional hernia was managed by the Jenkin’s ‘mass closure’ suture repair technique with good outcome.
Keywords : hernia, incisional, repair, fascial