Objectives: To carry out a study of the recidivation rate of incisional hernioplasty by means of bilateral longitudinal peritoneum-aponeurotic transposition.
Method: A retrospective study was carried out in patients from the University Hospital in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil and from a surgeon's private clinic who had undergone incisional hernioplasty by means of bilateral peritoneum-aponeurotic transposition. A total of 132 patients (80 from University Hospital and 52 from private clinic) were monitored over an average period of 4 years and 10 months. Most the patients were obese and all of them had disloged longitudinal hernias of medium and large volume. Three aspects must be stressed: the procedure for reaching the internal abdominal wall, the posterior aponeurotic incision and the threads used.
Results: Recidivation occurred in 7.69% of the patients belonging to a group operated on by one surgeon and in 18.75% of patients operated on by a trainee surgeon.