Architectonics of collagen fibers in the skin and aponeurosis in patients with and without ventral hernias
The disorders of collagen development and collagen type ratio in the connective tissue play the major role in developing hernia. To investigate the peculiarities of the collagen structure 134 patients divided into 2 groups were examined. The first group consisted of 85 patients, suffering from anterior abdominal wall hernias, and 49 patients of the second group showed neither signs of hernia nor connective tissue dysplasia. The investigation of the collagen fiber structure revealed that the bands of fibers are heterogeneous; each of them possesses longitudinal fibrillation. The collagen fibers of aponeurosis in patients with hernias are porous that leads to the anterior abdominal wall weakness and contributes to hernias development.