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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am Surg. 2014 Aug;80(8):725–731.

Table 2.

Concomitant Procedures Performed*

CS/PADM (n = 40) Traditional VHR (n = 40) P Value
At least one concomitant procedure performed with VHR 33 13 <0.001
Procedure type
 Explant of old mesh 21 (52.5%) 6 (15.0%) 0.001
 Bowel resection 13 (32.5%) 5 (12.5%) 0.06
 Parastomal hernia repair 3 (7.5%) 1 (2.5%) 0.62
 Colostomy reversal 5 (12.5%) 1 (2.5%) 0.20
 Fistula takedown 2 (5.0%) 1 (2.5%) 1.00
 Other 8 (20.0%) 4 (10.0%) 0.35
*

Other procedures included two cholecystectomies, two enterotomy repairs, gastric stimulator placement, irrigation of an infected aortic graft, inguinal hernia repair and enterotomy repair in the CS/PADM cohort, and salpingo-oophorectomy, two enterotomy repairs, and drainage of intra-abdominal abscess in the traditional VHR cohort.

CS, component separation; PADM, porcine acellular dermal matrix; VHR, ventral hernia repair.