Is a "COVID-19-free" hospital the answer to resuming elective surgery during the current pandemic? Results from the first available prospective study.

Background: Resumption of elective surgery during the current coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic crisis has been debated widely and largely discouraged. The aim of this prospective cohort study was to assess the feasibility of resuming elective operations during the current and possible future peaks of this coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Methods: We collected data during the peak of the current pandemic in the United Kingdom on adult patients who underwent elective surgery in a "COVID-19-free" hospital from April 8 to May 29, 2020.

Abdominal incisional hernia repair. Intraperitoneal prosthetic technique using Bard Kugel Composix Mesh.

The treatment of choice for incisional hernia is prosthetic repair Extensively debated issues are the materials used and the implantation site of the mesh. The authors report their personal experience with 17 cases operated on by placement of an intraperitoneal Bard Kugel Composix Mesh. From May 2003 to August 2005, 10 female and 7 male patients with incisional hernia, aged from 43 to 76 years (mean age: 65 years), were submitted to intraperitoneal prosthetic mesh implantation and monitored over a follow up period ranging from 2 to 28 months (median: 15 months).