The development history and prospective of Sublay repair

The Rives-Stoppa technique was developed by two French surgeons in the 1960s and the plane where they placed the meshes is the plane in Sublay repair which is familiar to modern surgical community. After more than half a century of clinical practice, a large amount of evidence-based medical evidences indicate that the Sublay repair has become the recognized preferred surgical procedure in open repair. The Sublay repair as well as laparoscopic intra-peritoneal onlay mesh repair have become the two dominant procedures for the treatment of abdominal incisional hernia. With the deeply rooted concept of minimally invasive and the increasing integration of laparoscopic technique, the current Sublay repair is constantly deriving multi-dimensional development directions. Integration of laparoscopic technique and Sublay repair has become one of the important exploration directions of minimally invasive non-intraperitoneal mesh repair. The authors comprehensively analyze the research progress at home and abroad, and introduce the history, current status and prospective of Sublay repair.