The current state of hernia repair relies heavily on clinical evaluation of patients, which is ultimately a poor predictor of outcomes for patients going into surgery. There are currently no reliable data, standard imaging modalities, or guidelines available to predict successful fascial closure in hernia repair. A method using MR tissue tagging with synchronous displacement of the abdominal wall was developed. This will allow analysis of the mechanical properties of muscle for noninvasive, diagnostic tool for pre-operatively predicting successful fascial closure in hernia repair.
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