Use of Light Weight, Partially Absorbable Mesh in Open Inguinal Hernia Repair: One Year Prospective Data with the Cousin 4ddome™
Florias A Morfesis, MD, Brian P Rose, BSc. Owen Drive Surgical Clinic of Fayetteville/East Carolina University Introduction: Over the past 24 months, we have cataloged 80 open inguinal hernia repairs using the Cousin 4DDOME. Since May 2009, we have documented the pre-operative and post-operative pain of patients repaired using this product based on the simple… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Ventral Hernia Recurrence Is Higher in Patients with a History of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Mohammad Salabat, MD, Dennis Leung, MS, Woody Denham, MD, Ari Robicsek, MD, Nancy Schindler, MD, Michael Ujiki, MD. NorthShore University HealthSystem, Chicago, IL Background: Ventral hernia (VH) rates are higher in patients after abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair. It is thought that the same connective tissue weakness that contributes to AAA may lend itself to… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Ventral Hernias and the Super Obese
Mohamed Dahman, MD, Peter Hallowell, MD, Bruce Schirmer, MD. Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, PO Box 800709, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA Introduction: Obesity is associated with an increased incidence of a variety of diseases including hernias. Super obese is defined as a BMI>50 kg/m². Very few reports have examined hernia repair outcomes… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias