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Survival analysis was used to explore the association between CS and subsequent incisional hernia repair. Analyses were adjusted for confounding factors, including other abdominal surgery. The main outcome measure was surgical repair of an incisional hernia.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Of 642,578 women, 217,555 (33.9%) had at least one CS and 1,554 (0.2%) women had a subsequent incisional hernia repair. The rate of incisional hernia repair in women who had ever had a caesarean section was 0.47%, compared to 0.12% in women who never had a caesarean section. After controlling for the duration of follow\u2010up and known explanatory variables (eg other abdominal surgery, parity and multiple pregnancy), the adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) was 2.73 (95% confidence interval (CI) 2.45\u20133.06,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001). Incisional hernia repair risk increased with number of caesarean sections: women with two CS had a threefold increased risk of incisional hernia repair, which increased to sixfold after five CS (aHR\u00a0=\u00a06.29, 95% CI 3.99\u20139.93,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001) compared to women with no CS.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>There was a strong association between maternal CS and subsequent incisional hernia repair, which increased as the number of CSs increased, but the absolute risk of incisional hernia repair was low.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/ajo.12270","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,11,28]],"date-time":"2014-11-28T13:47:03Z","timestamp":1417182423000},"page":"170-175","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Incisional hernia repair after caesarean section: a population\u2010based study"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"55","author":[{"given":"Antonia W.","family":"Shand","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical and Population Perinatal Health Research Kolling Institute of Medical Research University of Sydney St Leonards NSW Australia"},{"name":"Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine Royal Hospital for Women Randwick NSW Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jian Sheng","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical and Population Perinatal Health Research Kolling Institute of Medical Research University of Sydney St Leonards NSW Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Margaret","family":"Schnitzler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery University of Sydney Royal North Shore Hospital St Leonards NSW Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christine L.","family":"Roberts","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical and Population Perinatal Health Research Kolling Institute of Medical Research University of Sydney St Leonards NSW Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,11,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_6_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.e2843"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.suc.2007.10.007"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_4_1","unstructured":"Australian Bureau of Statistics.Australian health survey: First results 2011\u201312. 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