Rene H Fortelny, MD, Alexander H Petter-Puchner, MD, Simone Gruber-Blum, MD, Andreas Gaderer, MD, Karl S Glaser, MD Department of General, Visceral and Oncological Surgery, Wilhelminenspital, Vienna Austria Introduction: The aim of this prospective controlled trial is to define the optimal timepoint for delayed closure after negative pressure assisted closure in the treatment of the […]
Romesh Lal, Deborshi Sharma, Priya Hazrah, Pawan Kumar, Saurabh Borgharia Department of Surgery, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi 110001 India Introduction: Ventral hernias are routinely managed laparoscopicaly. These hernias are generally central in location over the abdomen and techniques are particularly specified and described for them. Non-midline ventral hernia are rarer and may not […]
Ibrahim Daoud, MD, Brian Pellini, MD, Randall Kimball, MD St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, CT Introduction: Laparoscopic component separation has the advantages of preserving the abdominal wall vasculature and does not require the formation of skin flaps. These advantages have the potential to reduce post-operative complications. This study reports a single surgeon’s experience with laparoscopic component […]
S Cassie, MD, FRCSC, A Okrainec, MDCM, MHPE, FACS, FRCSC, F Saleh, MD, FRCSC, F A Quereshy, MD, MBA, FRCSC, T D Jackson, MD, MPH, FRCSC Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Introduction Over 150,000 umbilical hernia repairs are completed in the United States annually. While the laparoscopic approach has been widely […]
Yoko Wada, MD, Hitoshi Satodate, MD, Chiyo Maeda, MD, Michitaka Suzuki, MD, Noriko Odaka, MD, Haruhiro Inoue, MD, Shien-ei Kudo, MD Showa university Norther Yokohama Hospital Digestive Desease Center Introduction : Diaphragmatic herniation after esophagectomy is rare postoperative complication. Because of the increased risk of incarceration or strangulation, it should be repaired. According to data, […]