Ventral Hernias and the Super Obese
Mohamed Dahman, MD, Peter Hallowell, MD, Bruce Schirmer, MD. Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, PO Box 800709, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA Introduction: Obesity is associated with an increased incidence of a variety of diseases including hernias. Super obese is defined as a BMI>50 kg/m². Very few reports have examined hernia repair outcomes… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Ventral Hernia Recurrence Is Higher in Patients with a History of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Mohammad Salabat, MD, Dennis Leung, MS, Woody Denham, MD, Ari Robicsek, MD, Nancy Schindler, MD, Michael Ujiki, MD. NorthShore University HealthSystem, Chicago, IL Background: Ventral hernia (VH) rates are higher in patients after abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair. It is thought that the same connective tissue weakness that contributes to AAA may lend itself to… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Use of Light Weight, Partially Absorbable Mesh in Open Inguinal Hernia Repair: One Year Prospective Data with the Cousin 4ddome™
Florias A Morfesis, MD, Brian P Rose, BSc. Owen Drive Surgical Clinic of Fayetteville/East Carolina University Introduction: Over the past 24 months, we have cataloged 80 open inguinal hernia repairs using the Cousin 4DDOME. Since May 2009, we have documented the pre-operative and post-operative pain of patients repaired using this product based on the simple… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Triad of Trouble: CT Findings to Help Diagnose Internal Hernia Post-Gastric Bypass
Nicole A Kissane, MD, Garry Choy, MD, Denis W Gee, MD, Matthew M Hutter, MD MPH, David W Rattner, MD, Janey S Pratt, MD. Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital INTRODUCTION: Abdominal pain after gastric bypass is a common complaint and etiology can be difficult to identify. While some causes are non life-threatening, others such… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
The Use of Prosthetic Materials As a Prevention of Incisional Hernias After Stoma Take Down
Morris E Franklin, JR, MD FACS, Karla Russek, MD, Jojy George, MD. Texas Endosurgery Institute Aims: The incidence of hernias on the stoma site ranges from 5 to 50% and only 10% of these require surgical treatment. Many kinds of repair for stomal hernias have been proposed. Whatever treatment is chosen, most of the time,… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
The Use of a Novel Self Expanding Nitinol Hernia System for Natural Orifice (notes) Inguinal Herniorrhaphy
Danny A Sherwinter, MD, Matthew Dixon, MD. Maimonides Medical Center Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery Introduction: Development of a viable natural orifice (NOTES) technique for inguinal herniorrhaphy (IH) has been primarily hindered by the inadequacy of available endoscopic instrumentation to effect peritoneal dissection and mesh fixation. In this study we describe our initial preclinical experience… Continue Reading
The Safety and Usefulness of Single Incision Laparoscopic Tapp
Hideya Kashihara, title, Mitsuo Shimada, title, Nobuhiro Kurita, title, Takashi Iwata, Masanori Nishioka, Kozo Yoshikawa, Tomohiko Miyatani, Chie Mikami, Tohru Utsunomiya. Tokushima University Introduction Laparoscopic surgery for inguinal hernia has been widely performed. Recently, single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) is prevailing in terms of minimizing surgical trauma and improving cosmetic effect. However, the safety and… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
The Natural History of Anatomic Failure After Laparoscopic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair
Nathaniel Stoikes, MD, Mary Quasebarth, RN, Brent Matthews, MD, Margaret Frisella, RN, L. Michael Brunt, MD. Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO Introduction: Anatomic failure after laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia (PEH) repair ranges from 20-40%. However, the clinical significance of these recurrences has not been clearly delineated. We reviewed… Continue Reading
The Giant Paraesophageal Hiatal Hernias. a New Definition and a New Management
NIAZY M SELIM, MD PhD MBChB FACS. UNIVERISTY OF KANSAS Introduction: Over the past decade, yet challenging, laparoscopic surgery became the standard approach for the repair of paraesophageal hiatal hernias (PEH). The giant PEH is defined in the literature according to the size of the hernia sac. Although the size of the hiatal defect is… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
The Effect of Laparoscopic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair On Pulmonary Function Test
S. Alnassar ALNASSAR, MD FRCSC, J.Kondra Kondra, MD, J.Clifton Clifton, MSC, R. J Finley Finley, MDFRCSC. College of Medicine , King Saud University Riyadh , Saudi Arabia Objective: A retrospective cohort study was conducted to examine the impact of laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair on the pulmonary function test (PFT). Methods: Between 2001 and 2005 there… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
The Coming of Age of Complex Laparoscopy in a Community Teaching Hospital: Practice Patterns Learned From a Laparoscpic Ventral Hernia Repair Model
Ashwin A Kurian, MD, Sidhbh Gallagher, MD, Robert Josloff, MD. Abington Memorial Hospital Objective: Assess practice patterns in the incorporation of complex laparoscopy by general surgeons in a community teaching hospital using a laparoscopic ventral hernia repair (LVHR) model.Methods: Univariate and multivariate regression analysis of patient and intraoperative variables was conducted on a prospectively acquired… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Tension-Free Anatomical Reconstruction of Complex Hiatal Hernia Using Porcine Dermal Collagen
D Oweis, MBBS MRCSEd, D Veeramootoo, MBBS MRCS MD, NJ Smart, MBBSHons PhD MRCSEd, SA Wajed, MA BMBCh MChir FRCS. Department of Upper Gastro-Intestinal Surgery, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation trust, Exeter, United Kingdom. Introduction:The management of complex para-oesophageal hernias has been the subject of much debate. Direct symptoms such as dysphagia, regurgitation, shortness… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
TAPP Inguinal Hernia Repair Without Mesh Fixation Technique for Recurrent Hernias: A Prospective Analysis
Marty Zdichavsky, MD, Derek Zieker, MD, Andreas Kirschniak, MD, Tobias Meile, MD, Dörte Wichmann, MD, Jonas Hoffmann, MD, Alfred Königsrainer, MD. Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany Objective For laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) hernia repair prosthetic mesh reinforcement is used. Mesh fixation devices should prevent recurrences, but they can cause… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Surgical Management of Large Hiatal Hernia After a Failed Anti-Reflux Surgery
Arpad Juhasz, MD PhD, Abhishek Sundaram, MBBS MPH, Masato Hoshino, MD, Tommy H Lee, MD, Sumeet K Mittal, MD. Department of Surgery, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA Background: The objective of this study was to evaluate outcomes for patients who underwent re-operative intervention after a failed anti-reflux surgery and had a large recurrent… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Surgeon Use of Mesh for Hiatal Hernia Repair – A Survey of SAGES Members
Jason M Pfluke, MD, C. Daniel Smith, MD. Mayo Clinic in Florida INTRODUCTION - Mesh use as an adjunct to hiatal hernia repair has been suggested to be safe and effective. Concern has been raised about the risk of mesh related complications like erosion, and the higher risk of complications if redo hiatal surgery is… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias