A 3mm needlescopic inguinal hernia repair aiming at day surgery center.
Minoru Matsuda, MD, Atsushi Kawasaki, MD, Jun Okamura, MD, Tomoshige Shigyo, MD. Kagurazaka D.S. Mai ClinicIntroduction: In Japan, even hernia repair requires 3 days admission mainly due to the old fashion custom. We performed inguinal hernia repair with anterior open technique that assumes the short stay surgery. The anterior open technique is performed by a… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
A Comparison of External Oblique Release and Retrorectus Hernia Repair in Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
David Foulad, MD, Brice Jabo, MD, MPH, Stephanie Keeth, MSN, Daniel Srikureja, MD, Keith Scharf, DO, FACS, Marcos Michelotti, MD, FACS, Esther Wu, MD. Loma Linda University Health, Division of General Surgery, Loma Linda CAINTRODUCTION: Ventral hernia repairs using component separation techniques have gained momentum over the past decades due to their ability to cover… Continue Reading
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A Comparison of Ventral Hernia Outcomes with Poly-4-Hydroxybutyrate, Synthetic and Biologic Mesh
Margaret A Plymale, DNP, RN, Daniel L Davenport, PhD, Adam Dugan, MS, Amanda Zachem, BSN, RN, John S Roth, MD. University of KentuckyIntroduction: Mesh repair of ventral and incisional hernia is known to be associated with superior outcomes compared with suture repair; however, wound complications and mesh infection have been associated with synthetic mesh, and… Continue Reading
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A Comprehensive Training Program to Facilitate Adoption of Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair for Practicing Surgeons
Jacob A Greenberg, MD, EdM, Sally A Jolles, MA, Sarah Sullivan, PhD, Sudha P Quamme, MD, Caprice C Greenberg, MD, MPH, Carla M Pugh, MD, PhD. University of WisconsinIntroduction: Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair has been shown to have some significant benefits compared to open inguinal hernia repair, yet remains underutilized in the United States. The… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
A feasible approach for indirect inguinal hernia sac in totally extra-peritoneal (TEP) Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
Hayashi Nobuyasu, PhD. Kinan HospitalBackground: One of the main reasons for the long learning curve associated with totally extraperitoneal (TEP) laparoscopic hernia repair lays in operational procedures for the hernia sac dissection in a narrow and limited preperitoneal space. Objective: In this study, we investigated the effectiveness of our technique for the hernia sac dissection… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Acute postoperative strangulated ventral hernia after a Video Assisted Lobectomy
Alexander Ramirez, MD, FACS1, Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS2. 1Tallahassee Memorial Hospital / Florida State University, 2Cleveland Clinic FloridaThis is a case of a 56 year old female admitted for surgical treatment of right lower lobe pulmonary nodule (Fig. 1). Her surgical history is remarkable for a vertical banded gastroplasty 33 years ago… Continue Reading
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Ambulatory Robotic Ventral Hernia Repair In Morbidly Obese Patients Using Completely Bio- Resorbable Mesh, A MIS Fellow’s Experience with the First 100 cases.
Ibrahim Azer, MD, Thomas Shaknovsky, DO, Frederick Sabido, MD, FACS. Richmond university medical center ,staten island ,New YorkINTRODUCTION: Robotic ventral hernia repair with a Bio-resorbable mesh has an equal or lower recurrence rate compared with permanent mesh at 18 months with no life time risk of mesh infection. Incidences of mesh-related infection after hernia repair… Continue Reading
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Botulinum Toxin a (BTA) Assessment and Duration of Effect in the Lateral Oblique Muscles Relevant to Complex Ventral Hernia Surgery
Rodrigo Tomazini Martins3, John Read1, Christian Skulina2, Dominic Rowe2, Kristen Elstner3, Fernando Arduini3, Nabeel Ibrahim4. 1Macquarie University Hospital, Radiology department, Sydney, Australia, 2Macquarie University Hospital, Neurology department, Sydney, Australia, 3Australia Hernia Centre, Edgecliff, Sydney, Australia, 4Macquarie University Hospital, Surgery department, Sydney, AustraliaIntroduction: BTA injection of the lateral obliques has been shown to produce a prolonged… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Clinical and Economic Values of Outpatient Migration of Elective Ventral Hernia Repairs Among Obese Patients
Chao Song, MPH1, Emelline Liu, MSHS1, Lizheng Shi, PhD2, Daniel Marcus, MD3. 1Intuitive Surgical, 2Tulane Univeristy, 3Marina Del Rey / Cedars Sinai Medical CenterObjectives: Ventral hernia repairs have been widely preformed in both inpatient and outpatient setting. The aim of this study is to explore the clinical and economic benefits of outpatient elective ventral hernia… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Comparative Analysis of Perioperative Outcomes of Robotic versus Open Transversus Abdominis Release
Luis A Martin-del-Campo1, Adam S Weltz2, Igor Belyansky2, Yuri W Novitsky1. 1University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, 2Anne Arundel Medical CenterINTRODUCTION: Transversus abdominis release (TAR) has emerged as an effective approach to complex abdominal wall reconstructions (AWR). However, despite durable repair the open TAR has traditionally been associated with perioperative wound morbidity and relatively lengthy hospitalizations.… Continue Reading
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Comparative Assessment of Pain and Quality of Life after Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair with or without Endoscopic Component Separation
Deborshi Sharma, Dr, Ranvir Singh, Dr, Romesh Lal, Dr. Lady Hardinge Medical CollegeINTRODUCTION - Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair (LVHR) has increased in popularity because of shorter recovery time due to less post-operative pain, wound complication and recurrences. This study aimed to assess and quantify pain and quality of life (QOL) after LVHR with or without… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Comparison of Laparoscopic Total Extra Peritoneal (TEP)Techniques versus Transabdominal Preperitoneal (TAPP) Technique for Inguinal Hernia Repair
Tariq Nawaz, MBBS, FCPS. Rawalpindi Medical College Rawalpindi PakistanBackground: To Compare laparoscopic total extra peritoneal (TEP)techniques with transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) technique for inguinal hernia repair. Methods: In this randomized controlled trial 120 patients undergoing herniorraphy were divided into two groups .Sixty patients into Laparoscopic Total Extra Peritoneal (TEP)Techniques group and 60 into Transabdominal Preperitoneal (TAPP)… Continue Reading
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Complex and Infected Ventral Hernia Repair Using P4 HB (Poly- 4- Hydroxybutyrate) Meshes. Early Results.
T S Auer, Prof, J Pfeifer, Prof, J Waha, MD. University of Graz, Austria, Dept of SurgeryIntroduction: Biological meshes were thought to solve the problem of infected hernia situations and complex hernia in high risk patients. However, recent results were disappointing for the benefit of the use of these cost intensive and infection triggering materials.… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Contribution of laparoscopy in the treatment of inguinal hernias in the military: about 100 cases
Zatir Soufiane, Koudjeti Rachid. militery university hospital of oranINTRODUCTION: The army needs a young and active population, to the accentuation of the inguinal hernia pathology in the military we have adopted the treatment of inguinal hernias laparoscopic view the postoperative advantages of this surgical approach . PATIENTS AND METHODS: We operated 100 patients for inguinal… Continue Reading
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Detection of occult hernias during laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: A prospective study in an Asian Cohort
Hrishikesh P Salgaonkar, Dr, Sujith Wijerathne, Dr, Lynette Mee Ann Loo, Dr, Davide Lomanto, Prof. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SINGAPOREBackground: Laparoscopy by offering magnification and better vision provides us the opportunity for clear visualization of the myopectineal orifice. This gives the advantage to visualize presence of occult hernia. The aim of our study was to assess… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias