A pregnant woman with a surgical site infection after mesh repair of an abdominal wall incisional hernia: a case report

摘要

BackgroundSurgical meshes are widely used in incisional hernia repair. However, there are no reports of pregnancies complicated by infection of surgical meshes used for hernia repair. This is the first case report of a pregnant woman who experienced surgical site infection associated with surgical mesh used for repair of an abdominal wall incisional hernia.