The authors present a retrospective study of 79 patients with abdominal dystrophies, both with and without hernias, operated on from June 1st, 1994 to December,31,1996. Their average age was 47 years. The incisional hernia it self and the dystrophic abdomen were principal objects of the study. The authors show the importance of abdominal dermolipectomy for the complete recovery of the patient as well as demonstrate how it facilitates the technical manipulation of hernias. The technique of bilateral, longitudinal peritonio-aponeurotic transposition (the technique of Alcino Lázaro da Silva) was used for large incisional hernias. This technique has been approved by its good results (5% of relapses in five years of follow up according the author). In this technique we use three levels of suture without superposing each other. The great advantage of the technique is that we use the herniary sac itself to close the ring and to strengthen. It avoids the use of meshes and the its complications (rejections, fistulas, etc.). A variation of this technique, for hernias with a hernial ring up to 10cm, is proposed by the authors, which consists in the closure of the ring and the reinforcement of the suture with the hernial sac overlapping its edge. The advantage is the facility of performing, reductions in the operative time and to avoid large dissections of the aponeurotic layer. When the herniary ring is 10cm or bigger it is possible to slack the tension by making a relaxing incision over on the anterior rectum abdominal aponeurosis and covering the wide area with the hernial sac. A review is made of the results of these procedures done associated with abdominal dermolipectomy isolated. The results are: 63 patients recovered without complications (81.66%), three relapsed (3.8%), one of extensive hematoma (1.26%), one necrosis of the midline with respiratory failure (1%), one little stitch gap (1.26%), two umbilical stenosis (3.33%), two wound abscess (2.5%), one cutaneous fistula (1.26%) and one death from pulmonary embolism (1.66%).
Ventral hérnia; Plastic surgery; Dermolipectomy