Association between adjuvant chemotherapy and risk of incisional hernia after colorectal cancer resection - a single-centre cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The study aimed to determine whether adjuvant chemotherapy after colorectal cancer resection is associated with an increased risk of developing incisional hernia (IH).

Methods

All patients undergoing elective curative resection of stage I-III colon adenocarcinoma between 2014 and 2017 at Copenhagen University Hospital - North Zealand were registered in a local database prospectively. This study collected additional data from patients' electronic health records (EHR) on chemotherapy and incision placement. The follow-up computed tomography scans were retrospectively reassessed by two trained surgeons for incisional hernia for up to five years. Patients were stratified into two groups: those receiving adjuvant chemotherapy (study group) and those not receiving it (cont

SUBMITTER: Rasmussen MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12743026 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature