Prevention amd management of parastomal hernias               LI Ji-ye. The Center for Hernia and Surgery of Abdominal Wall, the First Hospital Affiliated to General Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100048, China
Abstract  Parastomal hernia represents a major surgical challenge. Many surgical techniques have been tried to prevent and treat parastomal hernia; but despite these efforts, herniation continues to be a problem. It is possible to remarkably reduces the incidence of parastomal hernias duo to the use of the technique which places a prophylactic mesh in Sublay position at the primary operation. Recurrence rates after Traditional surgical treatment of parastomal hernia are unacceptable high，the short-term results of treatment for parastomal hernias have significantly been improved by using prosthetic mesh，the long-term results are needed for investigation further, especially for large population, randomized, controlled clinical trials.