New advances in management of acquired abdominal wall defects

Editorial

Authors

1 M.B., B.CH

2 Professor of General Surgery Faculty of Medicine - Ain Shams University

3 Assistant Professor of General Surgery Faculty of Medicine - Ain Shams University

4 Lecturer of General Surgery Faculty of Medicine - Ain Shams University

Abstract

Many causes for acquired abdominal wall defects were detected like burst abdomen, incisional hernia, post laparoscopic, post infectious, post tumour resection so many methods developed to repair these defects ranging from simple direct closure until free flaps according to the reconstructive ladder plus new methods like vacuum assisted closure (VAC) and tissue expansion