Laparoscopic Repair of Foramen of Winslow Hernia
George DeNoto, MD, Shabana Perveen, MD, Shelish Garg, MD. Northshore -LIJ Hofstra University Health system.. The reviewed patient presented to the emergency room at our hospital with five hours of severe epigastric pain. He underwent an emergent CT scan to rule out any intra-abdominal pathology. Review of the CT scan by a radiologist found evidence… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Laparascopic Flank Hernia Repair
Jonathan P Dean, MD, Bruce Ramshaw, MD, FACS. Halifax Health, Advanced Hernia Solutions. This video presents a variety of laparoscopic flank hernia repairs to demonstrate the principles of wide mesh coverage and secure fixation. In addition, a variety of mesh choices and locations are shown. Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Laparoscopic Morgagni Hernia Repair
Adrian Park, MD, FACS, Courtney Doyle, MD. Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, Maryland. This video represents repair of a Morgagni hernia, a rare congenital diaphragmatic hernia. The technique employed is repair without mesh implantation, utilizing transabdominal interrupted sutures. Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Laparoscopic Repair of a Missed Traumatic Right Diaphragmatic Hernia Containing Colon and Liver
B. Fernando Santos, MD, Thadeus L Trus, MD. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Lebanon, NH. Traumatic right diaphragmatic hernias are rare, and if missed can present in a delayed fashion with herniation of the intestines and infrequently the liver. This video demonstrates a laparoscopic approach to such a hernia, offering a minimally invasive alternative… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Laparoscopic repair of post traumatic diaphragmatic hernia
John-Paul Bellistri, MD, Edward Kwon, MD, Ajay Chopra, MD. Jacobi Medical Center. Background The incidence of diaphragmatic rupture after blunt thoracoabdominal trauma has an incidence ranging from 1% to 3%1. Early identification and diagnosis remains a challenge. Among numerous retrospective studies, increase in Injury Severity Score appears most frequently with statistical significance. Traumatic diaphragmatic hernia… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Laparoscopic Mesh Repair of Post-Traumatic Complex Suprapubic and Bilateral Inguinal Hernias
Bestoun Ahmed, MD, FRCS, Chester Royals, MD, Ziad Awad, MD, Michael Nussbaum, MD, FACS. University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville. Laparoscopy has been proven to be an efficient approach to treat abdominal wall hernias. We present a Video on laparoscopic mesh repair of a complex post-traumatic suprapubic and bilateral inguinal hernias. The patient sustained… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Single Incision Transumbilical Laparoscopic Bilateral Inguinal Hernia Repair (TEP)
Giovanni Dapri, MD, PhD, FACS, Leonardo Gerard, MD, Viola Zulian, MD, Maria Bortes, MD, Jean Bruyns, MD, Guy-Bernard Cadiere, MD, PhD. European School of Laparoscopic Surgery, Brussels, Belgium. Background: Laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernia by totally extra-peritoneal mesh placement (TEP) has been popularized. Recently, with the advent of single-incision transumbilical laparoscopy, this procedure has to… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Laparoscopic Bochdalek Hernia Repair
David A Santos, MD, Nina N Bowman, DO, Clifford C Eke, MD, FACS. Kaiser Permanente Southern California Fontana/Ontario Medical Center. Background: Bochdalek hernias are rare entities in adults and usually present as bowel obstruction. Asymptomatic hernias, as diagnosed on computed tomography, have an incidence of 0.17% in the general population. The optimal repair of a… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Laparoscopic Removal of Hiatal Mesh
Grant O Lee, MD, Hui Sen Chong, MD. Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Background: Hiatal hernia repairs are known to have a high recurrence rate, with opinions divided between the use of mesh and type of mesh for crural reinforcement during a repair. Recent data suggest that mesh reinforcement is associated… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
The Influence of Hiatal Hernia Size On Recurrence Rate Following Laparoscopic Hiatal Hernia Repair
Aaron M Williams, BA, Salomon Levy, MD, Daniel L Davenport, PhD, Margaret Plymale, MSN, RN, J. Scott Roth, MD. The University of Kentucky, Department of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Minimally Invasive Surgery. INTRODUCTION: The cranio-caudal height of a hiatal hernia has been demonstrated to be associated with the rate of recurrence following laparoscopic… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Laparoscopic Parastomal Hernia Repair: No Different Than a Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair?
Salomon Levy, MD, Margareth Plymale, RN, Daniel P Davenport, Phd, J.Scott Roth, MD. University of Kentucky. Introduction: Parastomal hernias are a common complication following stoma creation occurring in up to 50% of stomas. Laparoscopic repair of parastomal hernias (LPH) utilizing a Sugarbaker technique has been demonstrated to have excellent outcomes. Laparoscopic parastomal hernia repair utilizes… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Prospective evaluation of self-gripping mesh (Parietex Progrip(tm)) without additional fixation during laparoscopic total extraperitoneal (TEP) inguinal hernia repair: one year results in 102 hernias
Andrew Bates, MD, Mark Reiner, MD, Andrew Wu, MD, Brian P Jacob, MD. Mount Sinai Medical Center, NYC. Background: The use of self-gripping mesh during laparoscopic TEP inguinal hernia repairs may eliminate the need for any additional fixation without added concern for mesh migration. Long term outcomes are not yet prospectively studied in a controlled… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Underlay Versus Retrorectus Mesh Placement in Complex Ventral Hernia Repair Utilizing Endoscopic Component Separation
M Gustafson, MD, R Kimball, MD, B Pellini, MD, I Daoud, MD, FACS. Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center; Hartford, CT. Introduction: Abdominal wall reconstruction for complex abdominal wall defects remains a challenge. Although open component separation with medialization of the rectus muscles restores integrity and function of the abdominal… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Mesh infection salvage with locally bee-honey application.
Esmer David, phd, Salas Monica, phd, Alvarez-tostado Fernando, phd, Muniz Alejandro, phd. Central Hospital. Mesh infection is a catastrophic complication after hernia repair. Honey has bactericidal activity reported since 1892. Present 4 cases of salvage of infected mesh after abdominal hernia repairs with bee-honey. Presentation. Case 1: 34 years old man with incisional ventral hernia… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Single Umbilical Tangenital Incision (SUTI) Lap-TEP Inguinal Hernia Repair
Jun-Beom Park, MD, Myung-Hoon Lim, MD, Ji-Young Sul, PhD, MD. Chungnam National University Hospital. INTRODUCTION – Single port laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair has been performed to improve the cosmesis compared to that of conventional multi-port procedures. But the cosmetic result of single port Lap-TEP is not superior to that of TAPP hernia repair. The aim of this study is… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias