Ventral hernias: Have we improved recurrence rates & how to set our patients up for success

This talk was presented at the 2018 SAGES Meeting/16th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery by Garth R Jacobsen during the Masters Hernia: Recurrent Hernias – Making the Best of a Bad Situation on April 11 2018

Keyword(s): abdominal surgery, abdominal wall, abdominal wall reconstruction, absorbable tacks, ACS, acute hernia, ADA, adverse events, algorithm, American Diabetes Association, anterior component separation, AWR, bariatric surgery, biologic mesh, BMI, body mass index, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, clinic, comorbidities, contamination, COPD, cosmetic, CT scan, deep vein thrombosis, delayed wound healing, diabetes optimization, DVT prophylaxis, ERAS, fellows, fibrin glue, gastric bypass, glucose, HbA1c, hiatus, hyperglycemia, hypoxia, IAP, IHR, incisional hernia, infected mesh, inguinal hernia repair, inguinodynia, insurance, intra abdominal pressure, laparoscopy, masters hernia, mesh, mesh fixation, morbidity, nicoteine, obese, obesity, outcomes, pannus, plastic surgeons, population-based study, posterior components separation, prehabilitation, prosthetic mesh, recommendations, recurrence rate, recurrent hernias, reoperation, reoperative, resection, sleeve gastrectomy, smoking, strangulated hernia, suture repair, tissue ischemia, transfascial sutures, umbilical hernias, ventral hernias, Veterans Affairs, weight loss, wound complication, wound healing, wound infection

Suture vs mesh repair–1:22 Ann Surg 2004

Ann Surg 2003

Have we made a difference?–3:31 Surg Clin North Am 2005

Tacks vs transfascial sutures–3:58 Br J Surg 2018

ACS vs TAR–4:29 Am J Surg 2012

Hernia 2018

Ventral hernias–6:55

Algorithm–7:50

Preop considerations–8:25

BMI–8:35 Obes Surg 2016

Hernia 2004

Bariatric surgery–9:09