LAPAROSCOPIC REPAIR OF RENAL PARATRANSPLANT HERNIA
Chintan Patel, MS1, Shubham Gupta, MS2, Jasmine Agarwal2, Eham Arora, MS2, Gagandeep Talwar2, Kalpesh Gohel, MD, DNB1. 1Kiran Multi-Superspeciality Hospital, Surat, India, 2Grant Government Medical College & Sir JJ Group of HospitalsObjective: Kidney recipients are susceptible to incisional hernia. Reports of hernia mesh repair after kidney transplantation are rare; thus the benefit of mesh hernioplasty… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Endo-laparoscopic approach for repair of femoral hernia in an Asian cohort
Sujith Wijerathne, Raquel Maia, Hrishikesh Salgaonkar, Wee Boon Tan, Lynette Loo, Davide Lomanto. National University Hospital, SingaporeIntroduction: A femoral hernia is a less common type of hernia. It is estimated to account for less than 5% of all abdominal wall hernias. Only about 1 in every 20 groin hernias are femoral hernias. They are found more commonly in females due to… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
TEP repair that follows the anatomy of the inguinal fascia: A method for reaching the preperitoneal cavity through sharp incision of the posterior rectus sheath
Fujio Ito, PhD, Takao Tsuchiya, PhD, Satoshi Otani, PhD, Takahiro Saito, PhD, Hajime Matsuida, MD, Junichi Miura, PhD. Iwase General HospitalIntroduction: Totally extraperitoneal (TEP) repair that does not require peritoneal incisions is a good procedure that involves minimal visceral damage. However, balloon- or camera-assisted blunt dissections that are performed in a haphazard manner do not… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) inguinal hernia repair with liquid-injection and gauze dissection
Shogo Ohta, Mitsuo Shimada, Kozo Yoshikawa, Jun Higashijima, Takuya Tokunaga, Masaaki Nishi, Hideya Kashihara, Chie Takasu, Daichi Ishikawa. Department of surgery, University of TokushimaIntroduction: The recurrence during laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) inguinal hernia repair has been reported to occur in 3.0%. To prevent the recurrence, adequate dissection of preperitoneal space was important. In this report,… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
DOES RE-ANIMATING LAPAROSCOPIC MESH IN LOCAL ANESTHETIC CONFER AN ANTIMICROBIAL EFFECT?
Gary Ko, MD, Darren Siu, BScH, Lewis Tomalty, PhD, David Robertson, MD. Queen's UniversityINTRODUCTION: Previous studies have demonstrated that local anesthetics have antimicrobial effects, but there have been none looking at these effects on hernia mesh. METHODS: The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of lidocaine, bupivacaine, and cefazolin were determined on strains of methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Single incision endo-laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair in an Asian cohort: Single centre experience
Sujith Wijerathne, Hrishikesh Salgaonkar, Wee Boon Tan, Lynette Loo, Davide Lomanto. National University Hospital, SingaporeIntroduction: Inguinal hernia repair is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures. A variety of techniques have been described for the same. Recent development and advancement in MIS has focused towards reducing the access related scars and the resulting pain… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Comparative Study of Tacker versus Glue Fixation of Mesh In Laparoscopic Intra-peritoneal Onlay Mesh Repair Of Ventral Hernias
Eham Arora, MS1, Jalbaji More, MS1, Shubham Gupta, MS1, Jasmine Agarwal1, Gagandeep Talwar1, Chintan Patel, MS2. 1Grant Government Medical College & Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, India, 2Kiran Multi-super Speciality Hospital and Research Centre, IndiaOBJECTIVE: The dilemma always persists regarding choice of fixation technique in ventral hernia. So we conducted a comparative prospective study of… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Strangulated diaphragmatic hernia from left ventricular assist device: Plea to close diaphragmatic defect at the time of device explantation
Akshay Pratap1, Maria Albuja-Cruz1, Tiffany Tanner2. 1University of Colorado, 2University of NebraskaIntroduction: LVAD [left ventricular assist device] has emerged as a mainstay of destination therapy or bridge to heart transplant in patients with end-stage cardiac disease. Despite the tremendous success with LVAD devices, device related and procedure related complications contribute to significant morbidity in these… Continue Reading
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A case report of TEP procedure by 3mm laparoscope for postoperative pain suppression and for economical outcome
Hideto Oishi, MD, PhD, Takayuki Iino, MD, PhD. Murayama Medical Center, National Hospital OrganizationObjective: Using 3mm laparoscopic TEP procedure, we describe an effectiveness of postoperative pain suppression. We usually performed the TEP procedure for inguinal hernia cases who had no post history of operation in preperitoneal space, and who had been able to undergo general… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
P4 HB MESHES AND THE FIRST 2 YEARS RESULTS OF A SINGLE CENTER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE USING IT FOR INFECTED, COMPLEX AND SMALL HERNIA REPAIRS
Thomas S Auer, Prof, MD, James E Waha, MD, Daniela Kniepeiss, PhDMD. University Clinic of Surgery GrazIntroduction: Infected or contaminated hernia places still present very demanding and not solved surgical challenge. Biological meshes were thought to solve the problem of infected hernia situations and complex hernia in high risk patients. However, recent results were disappointing… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
The decision to use closed suction drains in abdominal wall reconstruction by robotic transversus abdominis release (RTAR): Are they necessary?
Zachary Sanford, MD, Adam S Weltz, Igor Belyansky, MD, FACS. Department of Surgery, Anne Arundel Medical CenterIntroduction: In the field of abdominal wall reconstruction, the utility of drain placement is of debatable value. We present outcomes evaluating drain placement vs no drain placement at the time of robotic transversus abdominis release (RTAR) technique with placement… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
BMI THRESHOLD FOR COMPLICATIONS AFTER OPEN VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR
Rumbidzayi Nzara, MD, Sowmya R Rao, PhD, Luise I Pernar, MD. Boston University School of MedicineINTRODUCTION – While it is clear that extreme obesity is associated with increased postoperative complications after open ventral hernia repair (VHR), the threshold BMI beyond which complications increase is not certain. Predominantly single institution data has been evaluated to address… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Short Learning Curve for Self –adhering mesh in Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair
Gideon Sroka, MD, Bothaina Nakad, MD, Basel Haj, MD, Ibrahim Matter, MD. Bnai-Zion Medical CenterIntroduction: One of the pitfalls in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair is mesh fixation with tacks. Their use could cause bleeding and chronic pain. This study examines the implementation of self-adhering mesh – Lap ProGrip ™ in Trans Abdominal Pre-Peritoneal (TAPP) approach… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair: TAPP versus TEP
Girish Bakhshi, MS, Jasmine Agarwal, Ajay Bhandarwar, MS, Amol Wagh, MS, Saurabh Gandhi, MS, Gagandeep Talwar. Grant Government Medical College & Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, IndiaObjective: Inguinal hernia repair is the most frequently performed operation in general surgery. The surgical technique has evolved significantly over the past few decades. The aim of this… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Evaluation of the operative time for robotic assisted laparoscopic groin hernia repair during the learning curve of 125 cases
Filip Muysoms, PhD1, Conrad Ballecer, MD2, Archana Ramaswamy, MD, MBA3. 1Maria Middelares, Ghent, Belgium, 2Center For Minimally Invasive And Robotic Surgery, Phoenix, Arizona, 3Department af Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis VA Medical Center, USBackground: Robotic assisted laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair (rTAPP) is demonstrating rapid adoption in the United States. Barriers to adopting this… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias