SELECTION OF AN ADEQUATE METHOD FOR DRAINING PROSTHETIC CAVITY IN THE TREATMENT OF POSTOPERATIVE VENTRAL HERNIAS
The study involved 156 patients of both sexes at the age of 40-75 years. For postoperative ventral hernias, hernia repair was placed, plastic surgery was with a mesh prosthesis, which was installed in the preperitoneal sublay plane. According to the method of drainage of the postoperative wound, the patients were divided into three groups. The analysis of the treatment showed the advantage of the puncture emptying of paraprosthetic fluid accumulations by reducing the amount of wound exudate losses, reducing the pain syndrome, and decreasing the number of wound complications.