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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>
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<jats:title>Aims</jats:title>
<jats:p>In patients with herniorrhaphy treated in a 3rd level hospital in the Southwestern of Colombia from January 2014 to March 2020, determine the frequency of incisional hernia recurrence and the risk factors related to.</jats:p>
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<jats:title>Materials and methods</jats:title>
<jats:p>Observational, ambispective study that included patients older than 15 years with a history of incisional hernia that agreed to participate and signed a consent form. Patients with incomplete data or who underwent surgery in another institution were excluded. Follow-up appointments every 3 months were made to evaluate the incidence of hernia recurrence.</jats:p>
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<jats:title>Results</jats:title>
<jats:p>112 patients were included, 64.3% female with a mean age of 58.6-year-old. The frequency of recurrence was 38.4% with a mean of appearance of 22.9 months; 44.2% were repaired with only one technique and 39.5% with non-mesh. Non-use of mesh increased the risk for recurrence (RR 2.02; CI95%: 1.17-3.48). Other risk factors were urgent surgery (RR 1.82; CI95%: 1.14-2.91), defect closure with multifilament suture (RR 1.61; CI95%: 1.15-2.25), not do adhesiolysis (RR 3.17; CI 95%; 0.85 – 11.76) and the no use of postoperative antibiotics (RR 1.67M CI95%: 0.97-2.89).</jats:p>
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<jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title>
<jats:p>Incisional hernia recurrences increase with time. Therefore, a follow-up of at least for 3 years should be guaranteed to avoid undiagnosed cases. Risk factors identified like absorbable multifilament sutures and non-use of the mesh must be removed from the surgery plans. Furthermore, a specialized in-hospital group of the abdominal wall and an institutional protocol would help to diminish this complication.</jats:p>
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