Presented by Vamsi Alli, MD at the SS06: Ventral Hernias held during the 2017 SAGES Annual Meeting in Houston, TX on Thursday, March 23, 2017 Keyword(s): abdominal operations, abdominal surgery, development, diagnosis, exclusion criteria, healthcare costs, hernia care, IH, imaging, incidence, incisional hernia, inclusion criteria, kidney, onset, peritoneal, postoperative, routine screening, ventral hernias