Whether a midline or transverse incision is used in abdominal surgery depends mainly on the disease, anatomy and potential effects on wound healing, pain and postoperative complications.

A response to Seiler et al: Interrupted or continuous slowly absorbable sutures for closure of primary elective midline abdominal incisions: a multicenter randomized trial (INSECT: ISRCTN24023541).

the front midline of the abdomen, and also through a former abdominal surgery incision. Among the different types of hernias, the most common is Inguinal hernia. About 75% of people suffer from ...