Complex Laparoscopic Repair of Giant Type IV Hiatal Hernia after Esophagectomy
Fredrick Che, MD, Nojan Toomari, DO, Ninh Nguyen, MD. University of California Irvine Medical Center. 69 year old male with a history of esophageal adenocarcinoma status post laparoscopic and thoracoscopic Ivor Lewis esophagectomy, presented with abdominal pain and symptoms of bowel obstruction. Images performed showed a giant type 4 hiatal hernia with transverse and descending… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Use of Chemical Components Separation for Primary Wound Closure in an Open Abdomen
Natasza M Posielski, BS, Clayton C Petro, MD, Yuri W Novitsky, MD, Hooman T Soltanian, MD, Michael J Rosen, MD. University Hospitals Case Medical Center. Introduction: A 58-year-old male with gallstone pancreatitis developed abdominal compartment syndrome requiring a decompressive laparotomy at an outside hospital. Ten days later his fascial defect remained >30cm wide and he… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Foramen of Winslow Hernia: A Minimally Invasive Approach
Cristina R Harnsberger, MD, Elisabeth C McLemore, MD, Ryan C Broderick, MD, Peter Yu, MD, Martin A Berducci, MD, Catherine Beck, MD, Hans F Fuchs, MD, Garth R Jacobsen, MD, Santiago Horgan, MD. University Of California, San Diego. Hernias through the Foramen of Winslow have traditionally been managed via an open surgical approach. The case… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Laparoscopic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair with Collis Gastroplasty and Diaphragmatic Relaxing Incision
Geoffrey Chow, MD, Ezra N Teitelbaum, MD, Nathaniel J Soper, MD, Eric S Hungness, MD. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. This video shows a laparoscopic repair of a type III paraesophageal hernia. Despite full mobilization, a short esophagus was present and a stapled Collis-type wedge fundectomy was performed as an esophageal lengthening procedure. Additionally,… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Utilization of biologic mesh materials in repair of incisional hernias among peritoneal dialysis patients: A novel approach to optimizing outcomes
Florias A Morfesis, MD, Brian P Rose, MPH. Owen Drive Surgical Clinic of Fayetteville. Introduction: The use of mesh in ventral/incisional hernia repair has been well described. Currently, there are a number of mesh materials available for implantation, including those that are purely synthetic, partially biodegradable, full biodegradable, and biologic scaffold. The later lacks widespread… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Selective Placement of Synthetic Mesh During Clean-Contaminated Laparoscopic Bariatric Procedures is Safe
Edward J Hannoush, MD, Kurt E Roberts, MD, Robert L Bell, MD, Andrew J Duffy, MD. Yale University. Yale School of Medicine.. Introduction: Simultaneous laparoscopic repair of abdominal ventral hernia with intraperitoneal synthetic mesh in patients undergoing laparoscopic-stapled bariatric surgery is generally considered ill advised due to the assumed higher risk of infectious complications. However… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
The clinical trial of the ideal mesh placement for the laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair with the elasticated mesh
Hideto Oishi, MD, Fumi Maeda, MD, Takeshi Ishita, MD, Masayuki Ishii, MD, Takuya Satou, MD, Takayuki Iino, MD, Hidekazu Kuramuchi, MD, Shunsuke Onizawa, MD, Eiichi Hirai, MD, Mie Hamano, MD, Tutomu Nakamura, MD, Tatsuo Araida, MD. Yachiyo Medical Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University. Introduction: The existing mesh (wired mesh, pre-shaped mesh, etc.) for inguinal hernia… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Early Experience with a New Anatomical Mesh for Endo-laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair
Sujith I Wijerathne, MBBS, MRCS, Narendra Agarwal, MBBS, MS, Dino A Liem, MD, Davide Lomanto, MD, PhD, FAMS. Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre, Department of Surgery, National University Health System, Singapore. Background and objective Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair has advanced over the past decade together with the development of new biomaterials to improve clinical outcome and… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Single Incision Laparoscopic Transabdominal preperitoneal mesh hernioplasty for inguinal hernia in 100 Japanese patients.
Kazuo Tanoue, MD, PhD, FACS, Hidenobu Okino, MD, PhD, Masamitsu Kanazawa, MD, PhD, Kiichiro Ueno, MD, PhD. Ueno Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan. (BACKGROUND) Inguinal hernia repair is the most common procedure in general and visceral surgery worldwide. Laparoscopic Transabdominal preperitoneal mesh hernioplasty (TAPP) has been also popular surgical method in Japan. Single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS)… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Open inguinal hernia repair with the combined use of a self-fixating mesh and elective neurectomy: a long-term follow-up
Dimitrios Tsakayannis, MD, PhD, Andreas Kiriakopoulos, MD, Dimitrios Linos, MD. Department of Surgery, Hygeia Hospital, Athens,Greece. BACKGROUND : Mesh fixation and nerve entrapment are potential causes of immediate and chronic postoperative pain in open inguinal hernia repair. To minimize these risks, a self-gripping mesh along with routine elective neurectomy was used in a series of… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
An Observational Study of Latent Inguinal Hernias During Laparoscopic Surgery for Other Sites
Yuka Mine, Fumihiko Fujita, Daisuke Kawahara, Takehiro Mishima, Yasuhiro Torashima, Shinichiro Ito, Shigeki Minami, Kengo Kanetaka, Mitsuhisa Takatsuki, Tamotsu Kuroki, Susumu Eguchi Eguchi. Department of Surgery, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Background: The incidence of inguinal hernia is reported to be approximately 1.5% in the Japanese population. The purpose of this study was… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Determining the Proper Distance for Trans-abdominal Sutures in Ventral Hernia Repairs: The Higgins Formula
Andrew C McCoy, MD, James Rifenbery, MD, Michael Higgins, MD. Franciscan Health System. Introduction: Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair has become widely used, however one of the more frustrating aspect of the repair is the inability to correctly place trans-abdominal sutures and still maintain the correct tension and placement in the peritoneal surface. This is especially… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Readmission Rates After Outpatient Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair
E. Charles Moore, DO, MS, Konstantinos Spaniolas, MD, William H Chapman, MD, John Pender, MD, Mark Manwaring, MD, Walter Pories, MD. East Carolina University, The Brody School of Medicine. Introduction: Laparoscopic repair has been shown to be safe and effective in the management of ventral hernias. As inpatient reimbursement decreases, outpatient laparoscopic ventral hernia repair… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Femoral vs Inguinal Hernia Repair: Long-term Clinical and Quality of Life (QOL) Outcomes From a Prospective, International Database
Joel F Bradley III, MD, K B Williams, MD, B A Wormer, MD, A L Walters, MS, K T Dacey, MHA, B T Heniford, MD, V A Augenstein, MD. Carolinas Medical Center. Introduction: While research devoted to QOL regarding inguinal hernia repair continues to grow, little effort has been invested in QOL outcomes of femoral… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Does Concurrent Inguinal Hernia Repair During Robotic Prostatectomy Increase the Risk of Infections?
Steven Garcia, MD, Monica Morgan, MD, Jeffrey A Cadeddu, MD, Claus Roehrborn, MD, Daniel J Scott, MD. UT Southwestern Medical Center. Introduction: Robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) has been increasingly used to treat prostate cancer. Patients undergoing RALP have been reported to have an incidence of inguinal hernia between 7 to 21 %. Concurrent inguinal… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias