Single Incision Total Extra-Peritoneal Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair Using a New Device: A Case Report
David S Lee, MD, Tomasz Rogula, MD PhD. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Bariatric Metabolic Institute Background: Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair continues to gain acceptance and has become the preferred approach for bilateral and some recurrent inguinal hernias. Further advances in technology and instrumentation have allowed surgeons to now perform these operations through a single incision. We… Continue Reading
Single Port Laparoscopic Hernia Repair: A 106 Patient Uk Review
Harpreet S Mangat, Dr, Elaine Yip, Dr, Sarah Onida, Dr, Yuen Soon, Mr. Royal Surrey County Hospital, United Kingdom Introduction In the past decade, the laparoscopic approach has gained increasing popularity as a surgical treatment for inguinal hernias. Single port laparoscopic surgery (SPLS) has been developed over the last decade, but has been popularised over… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Study On the Transabdominal Preperitoneal Approach (tapp) for Recurrent Inguinal Hernia
Hideaki Tsutsumida, MD, Mitsunobu Uto, MD, Toshiro Kamimura, MD. Department of Surgery, Keiaikai Kamimura Hospital Introduction:Regarding the selection of an appropriate operational method for patients with recurrent inguinal hernia, no uniform approach has been established to date. Herein, we report our therapeutic policy for recurrent inguinal hernia.Method:Among 100 patients with inguinal hernia who received treatment… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Surgeon Use of Mesh for Hiatal Hernia Repair – A Survey of SAGES Members
Jason M Pfluke, MD, C. Daniel Smith, MD. Mayo Clinic in Florida INTRODUCTION - Mesh use as an adjunct to hiatal hernia repair has been suggested to be safe and effective. Concern has been raised about the risk of mesh related complications like erosion, and the higher risk of complications if redo hiatal surgery is… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Surgical Management of Large Hiatal Hernia After a Failed Anti-Reflux Surgery
Arpad Juhasz, MD PhD, Abhishek Sundaram, MBBS MPH, Masato Hoshino, MD, Tommy H Lee, MD, Sumeet K Mittal, MD. Department of Surgery, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA Background: The objective of this study was to evaluate outcomes for patients who underwent re-operative intervention after a failed anti-reflux surgery and had a large recurrent… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
TAPP Inguinal Hernia Repair Without Mesh Fixation Technique for Recurrent Hernias: A Prospective Analysis
Marty Zdichavsky, MD, Derek Zieker, MD, Andreas Kirschniak, MD, Tobias Meile, MD, Dörte Wichmann, MD, Jonas Hoffmann, MD, Alfred Königsrainer, MD. Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany Objective For laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) hernia repair prosthetic mesh reinforcement is used. Mesh fixation devices should prevent recurrences, but they can cause… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Tension-Free Anatomical Reconstruction of Complex Hiatal Hernia Using Porcine Dermal Collagen
D Oweis, MBBS MRCSEd, D Veeramootoo, MBBS MRCS MD, NJ Smart, MBBSHons PhD MRCSEd, SA Wajed, MA BMBCh MChir FRCS. Department of Upper Gastro-Intestinal Surgery, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation trust, Exeter, United Kingdom. Introduction:The management of complex para-oesophageal hernias has been the subject of much debate. Direct symptoms such as dysphagia, regurgitation, shortness… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
The Coming of Age of Complex Laparoscopy in a Community Teaching Hospital: Practice Patterns Learned From a Laparoscpic Ventral Hernia Repair Model
Ashwin A Kurian, MD, Sidhbh Gallagher, MD, Robert Josloff, MD. Abington Memorial Hospital Objective: Assess practice patterns in the incorporation of complex laparoscopy by general surgeons in a community teaching hospital using a laparoscopic ventral hernia repair (LVHR) model.Methods: Univariate and multivariate regression analysis of patient and intraoperative variables was conducted on a prospectively acquired… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
The Effect of Laparoscopic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair On Pulmonary Function Test
S. Alnassar ALNASSAR, MD FRCSC, J.Kondra Kondra, MD, J.Clifton Clifton, MSC, R. J Finley Finley, MDFRCSC. College of Medicine , King Saud University Riyadh , Saudi Arabia Objective: A retrospective cohort study was conducted to examine the impact of laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair on the pulmonary function test (PFT). Methods: Between 2001 and 2005 there… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
The Giant Paraesophageal Hiatal Hernias. a New Definition and a New Management
NIAZY M SELIM, MD PhD MBChB FACS. UNIVERISTY OF KANSAS Introduction: Over the past decade, yet challenging, laparoscopic surgery became the standard approach for the repair of paraesophageal hiatal hernias (PEH). The giant PEH is defined in the literature according to the size of the hernia sac. Although the size of the hiatal defect is… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
The Natural History of Anatomic Failure After Laparoscopic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair
Nathaniel Stoikes, MD, Mary Quasebarth, RN, Brent Matthews, MD, Margaret Frisella, RN, L. Michael Brunt, MD. Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO Introduction: Anatomic failure after laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia (PEH) repair ranges from 20-40%. However, the clinical significance of these recurrences has not been clearly delineated. We reviewed… Continue Reading
The Safety and Usefulness of Single Incision Laparoscopic Tapp
Hideya Kashihara, title, Mitsuo Shimada, title, Nobuhiro Kurita, title, Takashi Iwata, Masanori Nishioka, Kozo Yoshikawa, Tomohiko Miyatani, Chie Mikami, Tohru Utsunomiya. Tokushima University Introduction Laparoscopic surgery for inguinal hernia has been widely performed. Recently, single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) is prevailing in terms of minimizing surgical trauma and improving cosmetic effect. However, the safety and… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
The Use of a Novel Self Expanding Nitinol Hernia System for Natural Orifice (notes) Inguinal Herniorrhaphy
Danny A Sherwinter, MD, Matthew Dixon, MD. Maimonides Medical Center Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery Introduction: Development of a viable natural orifice (NOTES) technique for inguinal herniorrhaphy (IH) has been primarily hindered by the inadequacy of available endoscopic instrumentation to effect peritoneal dissection and mesh fixation. In this study we describe our initial preclinical experience… Continue Reading
The Use of Prosthetic Materials As a Prevention of Incisional Hernias After Stoma Take Down
Morris E Franklin, JR, MD FACS, Karla Russek, MD, Jojy George, MD. Texas Endosurgery Institute Aims: The incidence of hernias on the stoma site ranges from 5 to 50% and only 10% of these require surgical treatment. Many kinds of repair for stomal hernias have been proposed. Whatever treatment is chosen, most of the time,… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Triad of Trouble: CT Findings to Help Diagnose Internal Hernia Post-Gastric Bypass
Nicole A Kissane, MD, Garry Choy, MD, Denis W Gee, MD, Matthew M Hutter, MD MPH, David W Rattner, MD, Janey S Pratt, MD. Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital INTRODUCTION: Abdominal pain after gastric bypass is a common complaint and etiology can be difficult to identify. While some causes are non life-threatening, others such… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias