Laparoscopic Hernia Repair – When Is a Hernia Not a Hernia?
David Bunting, Mr, Lukasz Szczebiot, Dr, Alwyn Cota, Mr. The Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, Cornwall, UK. IntroductionA wide range of diagnoses can present as inguinal hernia and there are published reviews summarising these findings at open hernia repair. Laparoscopic techniques are being used increasingly in the repair of inguinal hernias. Aside from confirming the… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Laparoscopic Repair of Coexisting Prevascular and Obturator Hernias
David Bunting, Mr, Ian Finlay, Mr. The Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, Cornwall, UK. IntroductionA prevascular hernia is a rare type of femoral hernia in which the neck lies anterior to the femoral vessels rather than medial to them in the femoral canal. They are thought to account for less than 1.5% per cent of… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Laparoscopic Transabdominal Preperitoneal (TAPP) and Laparoscopic Totally Extra Peritoneal (tep) Approach for Bilateral Inguinal Hernia
Deborshi Sharma, MS MRCSEdin FMAS, Kamal Yadav, MBBS MS, Nikhil Gupta, MS MRCSEdin FMAS, Romesh Lal, MS DNB. Lady Hardinge Medical College & Associated Dr RML Hospital, New Delhi Introduction: Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair (LIHR) is an accepted technique for bilateral inguinal hernia. The two most common laparoscopic techniques for inguinal hernia repair are… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Symptomatic Para Esophageal and Incisional Hernia: Simultaneous Or Sequential Repair?
Osama Hamed, MBBS, Stephen Kavic, MD, Adrian Park, MD. Department of Surgery University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, MD. Department of Surgery, University of Dalhousie, Halifax NS Canada Objective: Paraesophageal (PEH) may represent a significant challenge for the minimally invasive surgeon. Increasingly, we are finding this condition in patients who also have an… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Tapp Repair of Spigelian Hernia and Incidentally Found Indirect Inguinal and Femoral Hernia: a Case Report
Amy L Hiuser, MD, John Bach, MD, Timothy Barnett, MD. Cleveland Clinic Foundation We are reporting a case of an 84 year-old female who presented to outpatient surgery clinic with complaints of a right-sided abdominal bulge. Upon physical examination patient was found to have a bulge at the lateral border of the rectus muscle… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Clinical Applied Study of Tension-free Hernia Repair Techniques for Inguinal Hernia
Ke Gong, MD, Zhanzhi Zhang, MD, Dexiao Du, MD, Xingbiao Wang, MD, Yankai Zhang, MD. Beijing Shijitan Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University Objective The aim of this study was to improve the application of tension-free inguinal hernia repair .Methods We retrospectively reviewed 226 patients diagnosed with inguinal hernia who undertook laparoscopic tension-free inguinal… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Laparoscopic TAPP repair of Grynfeltt hernia
Christian G Massier, MD, Carl Yood, MD. Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio Purpose A very simple laparoscopic technique to repair a superior lumbar hernia is described. Method The case of an 67-year-old patient with a symptomatic Grynfeltt lumbar hernia is reported. The diagnosis was made by physical examination and confirmed by computed tomography scan. Results… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Laparoscopic Lumbar Hernia Repair
Edward D Auyang, MD MS, Andrew S Wright, MD. Department of Surgery, University of Washington Introduction:Lumbar hernias are rare clinical entities with less than 400 reported in the literature. They were first described by deGarangeor in 1731. Petit later characterized the inferior lumbar triangle hernia in 1783 and Grynfeltt the superior lumbar triangle hernia… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Comparison of Long-term Outcome and Quality of Life Following Laparoscopic Repair of Incisional and Ventral Hernias With Tacker Or Suture Mesh Fixation: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study
Virinder K Bansal, MBBS MS FACS, M C Misra, MS FACS FRCS, P Singal, MBBS, K Rao, MS, S Kumar, MS, S Rajeshwari, MD, R Sagar, MD. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India BackgroundMethod of mesh fixation after laparoscopic repair of incisional and ventral hernias is still an area of debate.… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Laparoscopic Parastomal Hernia Repair and Re-ostomy,a Totally New Lap-re-do Technique
Yao Qiyuan. Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical Collage, Fudan University, Background: Paracolostomal hernia is a common postoperative complication of colostomies. Laparoscopic paracolostomal hernia repairs have been reported for at least five techniques so far with variable and unsatisfactory follow-up results, especially for the high incident rate of postoperative recurrence. Herein we developed and applied a… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair – Long-term Prognosis and the Analysis of Mesh Shrinkage By Computed Tomography
Kanyu Nakano, MD, Hitoshi Idani, MD, Shinya Asami, MD, Sathoshi Koumoto, MD, Tetsushi Kubota, MD, Yohei Kurose, MD, Katsuyoshi Hioki, MD, Shinichiro Kubo, MD, Hiroki Nojima, MD, Yasushi Ohmura, MD, Takashi Yoshioka, MD, Hiroshi Sasaki, MD, Masahiko Muro, MD, Hitoshi Kin, MD, Norihisa Takakura, MD. Department of Surgery, Fukuyama City Hospital Background: Laparoscopic incisional… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Robotic Assisted Single Incision Laparoscopic Total Extraperitoneal Bilateral Inguinal Hernia Repair
Luca Giordano, MD FACS. Aria Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA laparoscopic total extraperitoneal ingunal hernia repair are routinely performed. Robotic assistance to single incision laparoscopic operations, with instrument crossing and arm control reassignment, can facilitate the technical performance of the procedure. This video demonstrate the technical feasibility of a robotic assisted total extraperitoneal bilateral inguinal… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Pattern of Recurrence, Readmission and Wound Infection Following Emergent Ventral Hernia Repair
Tolutope O Oyasiji, MD MRCS, Scott W Helton, MD FACS. Department of Surgery, Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, CT 06511 Introduction: The study aims to investigate if surgical technique, wound contamination or interaction between both are predictive of adverse outcomes following emergent ventral hernia repair. We hypothesize that patients repaired with permanent mesh… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Laparoscopic Preperitoneal Incisional Hernia Repair Following Renal Transplantation
Lucian Panait, MD, Robert L Bell, MD, Kurt E Roberts, MD, Andrew J Duffy, MD. Yale School of Medicine Introduction: The incidence of hernias at the transplantation incision following renal transplantation is reported to be 4%. These incisions are usually located in the right lower quadrant (RLQ) and create hernias close to the pelvic… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Laparoscopic Repair of a Giant Hernia of Morgagni
John R Frederick, MD, Kenric Murayama, MD. University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Summarry of surgical case: 72 year-old male with a past medical history of asthma and GERD presented to the ER complaining of nausea and vomiting associated with chest pain and dyspnea. His emesis contained both fresh and clotted blood. Objective findings… Continue Reading
- Type:
- Video Loop Presentations
- Topic:
- Abdominal Wall Hernias