This talk was presented at the 2018 SAGES Meeting/16th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery by Vedra Abdomerovic Augenstein during the Postgraduate Course: Minimally Invasive Advances in Complex Hernia Repair on April 12 2018
Keyword(s): abdomen, ACS, American College of Surgeons, anastomosis, bariatric surgery, biologic mesh, bone fixation, Botox, bowel, colectomy, complex hernia repair, component separation, conversion, CT scan, dead bowel, decision making, delayed primary closure, DPC, enterotomy, external oblique release, fascia, fellow, fistula, flap, gastrointestinal function, general surgeon, general surgery, GI function, glue, hernia defect, high risk patients, hysterectomy, ileostomy, International Hernia Database, laparoscopic hernia repair, laparoscopy, mesh, minimally invasive, morbidly obese, open cholecystectomy, open incisional hernia repair, outcomes, panniculectomy, plastic surgeon, QoL, quality of life, radiology, recurrent incisional hernia, resident, robotic hernia repair, skilled nursing facility, skin graft, small bowel resection, smoker, sutures, synthetic mesh, technique, total parenteral nutrition, TPN, transfascial fixation, ventral hernia, wound complication, wound healing, wound vac, wound vacuum
Citations–1:36 Ann Surg 2003
Lap vs open ventral hernia–2:27 Hernia 2016
Delayed primary closure–13:18