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You are here: Home / Videos / Transversus abdominis release: Technical tips

Transversus abdominis release: Technical tips

 

Presented by Andrew J Duffy at the The Devil is in the Details Session: Technical Tips from the Masters – Ventral Hernia held during the 2017 SAGES Annual Meeting in Houston, TX on Wednesday, March 22, 2017


Keyword(s): abdominal wall reconstruction, absorbable, ACS, AHS, American Hernia Society, anterior component separation, anterior superior iliac spine, aponeurosis, AWR, bariatric surgeon, bariatric surgery, biologic mesh, BMI, body mass index, bone anchors, cautery, Coopers ligament, cosmesis, dead space, debride, diabetes, diaphragm, drains, drugs, elective hernia repair, excise, fascia, flap, healing, hernia repair, hernia sac, immunosuppression, infection, inguinal ligament, kidney transplant, laparoscopic umbilical hernia repair, laparotomy, LOA, loss of domain, lysis of adhesions, Masters, medication, mesh infection, mesh reinforcement, midline hernias, minimally invasive surgeon, MIS surgeon, muscle, neurovascular perforator bundle, obesity, open gastric bypass, outcomes, pain, pelvic floor, pelvis, plastic surgeon, polypropylene mesh, postoperatively, preoperative, preoperative imaging, radiation, rectus sheath, recurrence, recurrent hernia, recurrent ventral hernia, retraction, retrorectus repair, ribs, risk factors, skin ulceration, smoker, smoking, SSI, staples, stoma, subxiphoid fat pad, suprapubic hernia, surgical site infection, symphysis pubis, synthetic, TAR, technical tips, tissue repair, transfascial sutures, transplant, transversus abdominis release, wound complication

Goals of hernia repair with AWR–48 sec

Imaging review–1:29

Risk factor modification–2:22

Before & after sleeve gastrectomy–2:57 Obes Surg 2013

Special cases–3:19

Hernia repair options–4:27

Abdominal wall repair options–4:36

Citation–4:50 Am J Surg 2012

Mesh placement for TAR–8:38

Citation–9:22 Ann Surg 2016

Reducing risk of wound complications & infection–9:48

Posterior & anterior component separations–10:35 Hernia 2015

Conclusion–11:09

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Uploaded on
03/22/2017
Learning Themes
Hernia
Sources
2017 Annual Meeting
Masters Level
300
Video Authors
Duffy A
Video Institutions
Yale New Haven Health--New Haven CT, Yale University School of Medicine--New Haven CT


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