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You are here: Home / Videos / Open Lichtenstein : How & when I do it

Open Lichtenstein : How & when I do it

 

Presented by David Chia-Chang Chen at the Symposium: International Hernia Collaboration Symposium held during the 2017 SAGES Annual Meeting in Houston, TX on Thursday, March 23, 2017


Keyword(s): absorbable suture, air knot, anatomy, anterior, bilayer mesh, conjoint tendon, cord dissection, cost effective, cremasteric bundle, cremasteric muscle, expertise, experts, fascia, field block, general anesthesia, genital nerve, glue, guidelines, heavyweight mesh, HerniaSurge, IHC, ileohypogastric nerve, ileoinguinal nerve, incidence, inguinal canal, inguinal hernia, International Hernia Collaboration, interrupted suture, Kittner, lap repair, laparoscopic repair, laparoscopist, LAR, lateral fixation, learning curve, lightweight mesh, local anesthetic, low anterior resection, mesh, mesh contraction, minimally invasive surgery, MIS, neurectomy, neuroanatomy, open Lichenstein, operative time, pain, PHS, plug & patch, Pouparts ligament, prophylactic ileoinguinal resection, prostatectomy, prosthetic, recurrence rate, resident, retraction, retractor, robotic, running suture, sedation, self-gripping mesh, Shouldice repair, societies, suture, symphysis pubis, TAPP, teach, technique, tension free repair, TEP, testicle, tubercle

Sometimes Lichtenstein is MIS–11 sec

Inguinal hernia–57 sec Lancet 2003

Semin Laparosc Surg 1994

Langenbecks Arch Surg 2012

Hernia 2011

Goal of modern hernia repair–1:22

HerniaSurge–1:42

Anterior nerves: Inguinal canal–2:24

Anatomic variation–2:41

Nerve ID during open IHR–3:10

Hernia repair without disability–4:26

Lichtenstein repair–5:58

Citation–6:18 Am J Surg 1993

Preserve the investing fascia–7:28

Wrong habits of the past–7:36

Nerve ID reduces risk of chronic pain–9:41

Prophylactic ileoinguinal resection–9:47

Pragmatic neurectomy–9:54

Minimization of acute pain–10:01

MIS tips for open hernia repair–10:12

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