According to the literature, (year january 2011 to december 2014) this study aimed to assess the outcome of a retrospective study compared the use of abdominal wall closure in pediatric liver transplantation with and without the use of biological mesh.There were 21 patients included in this study, 16 of which utilized biological mesh.Post-operative complications included late-onset abdominal wall infection on the 97th day post-op.During the observation period over 5 years, 2 additional patients developed abdominal wall hernias, one of which required surgical intervention.An additional patient required re-transplantation for chronic allograft failure after 21 months.
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