[Choice of a method of plasty of the anterior abdominal wall in patients with postoperative ventral hernias].

The individual characteristics of the structure of the anterior abdominal wall were studied for revealing the anatomical preconditions for the formation of postoperative ventral hernias in order to substantiate efficient methods of surgical treatment. It was established that patients with brachiomorphous build had anatomical features facilitating the formation of ventral hernias. The greatest strength of the fascio-aponeurotic complex of the anterior abdominal wall is characteristic of patients with a dolichomorphous constitution, while the least strength of the fascio-aponeurotic complex of the anterior abdominal wall is characteristic of patients with brachiomorphous constitution. Patients with the dolicho- and mesomorphous constitution having postoperative ventral hernias can undergo plasty of the hernial gates with the local tissues. Patients with brachiomorphous constitution after elimination of the postoperative ventral hernias need the strengthening of the anterior abdominal wall with cellular explants.