Gastroenterology Research and Practice / 2016 / Article / Tab 1 / Review Article
Prophylactic Mesh Application during Colostomy to Prevent Parastomal Hernia: A Meta-Analysis Table 1 Characteristics of included studies.
Author Year Center Location Sample size (M/C) Type of surgery Type of mesh Location of mesh Sex Age M/C (year) BMI M/C (kg/m2 ) Follow-up (month) Diagnosis of hernia Jänes [18 , 20 , 21 ] 2004 Single Sweden 27/27 Open Vypro mesh (polypropylene + polyglactin 910) Sublay 15 : 12/16 : 11 70/71 26/27 60 Clinical exam Serra-Aracil et al. [22 ] 2009 Single Spain 28/27 Open Ultrapro mesh (polypropylene + poliglecaprone 25 + 2 monofilament materials) Sublay 19 : 5/16 : 8 67.5/67.2 25.6 : 27.3 29 (median) Clinical exam + CT López-Cano et al. [23 ] 2012 Single Spain 19/17 Laparoscopic PROCEED surgical mesh (polypropylene + polydioxanone) Intraperitoneal/onlay 11 : 8/7 : 10 72.2/65.9 26.3 : 27.5 12 CT Târcoveanu et al. [24 ] 2014 Single Romania 20/22 Open NA Sublay NA NA NA 20 (median) Clinical exam Brandsma et al. [25 ] 2016 Multicenter Netherlands 72/78 Open Parietene light mesh (monofilament polypropylene) Sublay 43 : 29/49 : 29 63.6/63.1 26.7 : 26.5 3 Clinical exam Lambrecht et al. [26 ] 2015 Multicenter Norway 32/26 Open ProLite Ultra mesh and parietene light mesh (polypropylene) Sublay 22 : 10/21 : 5 64/63 24.6 : 25.5 40 Clinical exam + CT Vierimaa et al. [27 ] 2015 Multicenter Finland 37/38 Laparoscopic DynaMesh-IPOM (polyvinylidene fluoride + polypropylene) Intraperitoneal/onlay 18 : 17/19 : 16 67.1/65.1 26.2 : 25.4 12 Clinical exam + CT López-Cano et al. [28 ] 2016 Multicenter Spain 24/28 Laparoscopic ETHICON mesh (poliglecaprone-25 film + polypropylene) Intraperitoneal/onlay 21 : 3/16 : 8 70.5/67.3 25.3 : 26.9 26 (median) CT
M/C: mesh group versus control group; M : F: male : female; sublay: between the rectus muscle and posterior rectus sheath; NA: not available; CT: computed tomography.
