PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Simon T. Adams
AU  - Michael Harington
TI  - Subspecialist abdominal wall reconstruction services in Canada
AID  - 10.1503/cjs.009621
DP  - 2022 Apr 08
TA  - Canadian Journal of Surgery
PG  - E264--E265
VI  - 65
IP  - 2
4099  - http://canjsurg.ca/content/65/2/E264.short
4100  - http://canjsurg.ca/content/65/2/E264.full
SO  - CAN J SURG2022 Apr 08; 65
AB  - Recent years have seen considerable increases in both the demand for, and complexity of, ventral hernia repairs. This has led to calls for abdominal wall surgery to become a recognized subspecialty in the United States and Europe, with some centres responding by forming specialized, multidisciplinary teams for abdominal wall reconstruction. At present, however, no Canadian city has followed suit. In this article, we outline the major arguments underlying the drive toward the centralization of complex abdominal wall services.