infections des protheses parietales

ABSTRACT

The authors have reviewed retrospectively the series of eventrations and hernias being operated in their department and treated by the use or prostheses between 1987 and 1999. Among 275 prostheses, 8 cases [2,9%] of deep infection which affects the plate were detected in, 5 cases [3,5%] after hernia surgery and 3 cases after eventration surgery [2,2%]. The other complications of this surgery are represented as 6 cases [2,02] of serohematoma and 16 cases [5,8%] of superficial infections. However, the authors compare the results of their series with the other series in the literature, discuss the different therapeutic procedures proposed and plead for first preventive measures in the treatment of these infections