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The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and short-term clinical outcomes in isolated umbilical hernia repairs.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A retrospective cohort of patients undergoing umbilical hernia repair using mesh suture was analyzed between January 2023\u20132025. Patients were identified through institutional implant logs. Outcomes evaluated included surgical site infection (SSI), surgical site events (SSE), hernia recurrence, readmissions, and reoperations.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Fifty-eight isolated umbilical hernia repairs with mesh suture were performed by twenty-four surgeons. The mean hernia width was 1.7\u00a0cm (\u00b1\u20090.7). The 90-day SSI rate was 5.2% (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20093), consisting of two superficial infections and one organ space infection. The 90-day SSE rate was 5.2% (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20091 fascial dehiscence,\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20092 hematomas). There were seven readmissions (12.1%) within 90 days, of which only one was related to the abdominal wall closure. There were three reoperations within 90 days (5.2%): two hematoma washouts and one fascial dehiscence repair. The mean length of follow up was 594 days (\u00b1\u2009284). There were no cases of hernia recurrence.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Mesh suture provides the simplicity of suture repair with increased force distribution properties of mesh. In this initial multicenter experience, mesh suture demonstrated feasibility and acceptable short-term clinical outcomes for isolated umbilical hernia repair. Future randomized controlled trials comparing mesh suture versus planar mesh and standard suture are needed to compare techniques most effectively.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s10029-026-03798-1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,29]],"date-time":"2026-07-29T09:53:13Z","timestamp":1785318793000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Early outcomes of umbilical hernia repair with mesh suture"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"30","author":[{"given":"Taaha","family":"Hassan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Megan M","family":"Perez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Paige N","family":"Hackenberger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gregory A","family":"Dumanian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"Shapiro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"3798_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"407","DOI":"10.1007\/s10029-009-0518-x","volume":"13","author":"FE Muysoms","year":"2009","unstructured":"Muysoms FE, Miserez M, Berrevoet F et al (2009) Classification of primary and incisional abdominal wall hernias. 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The Northwestern Department of Surgery received an unrestricted educational grant of $15,000 from MSI which partially supported Dr. Perez\u2019s salary for the 2024-2025 academic year. The Northwestern Department of Surgery received an unrestricted educational grant of $15,000 from MSI which partially supported Dr. Hackenberger\u2019s salary for the 2023-2024 academic year. The remaining authors have received no funding for this project and have no conflicts of interest to disclose. Data was obtained, abstracted, and analyzed by all members of the team except Dr. Dumanian.","order":1,"name":"Ethics","label":"Financial disclosure statement","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Declarations"}},{"value":"The authors declare that they have no other competing interests.","order":2,"name":"Ethics","label":"Competing interests","group":{"name":"EthicsHeading","label":"Declarations"}}],"article-number":"304"}}