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