Textbook of Hernia

Description

This textbook provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of the field of hernia surgery, and will serve as a valuable resource for clinicians, surgeons and researchers with an interest in both inguinal and ventral/incisional hernia. This book provides an overview of the current understanding of the biologic basis of hernia formation as well as laying the foundation for the importance of hernia research and evaluating outcomes in hernia repair. Diagnosis and management strategies for inguinal and ventral hernia are discussed in detail with separate techniques sections for the most widely used procedures in this field as well as emerging technologies such a robotic and single incision surgery. Pertinent associated topics to inguinal hernia surgery such as chronic groin and athletic pubalgia are covered in detail. For incisional hernias, associated topics such as hernia prevention and enhanced recovery protocols are discussed. For both inguinal and ventral/incisional hernias mesh choices and available mesh technologies are discussed in detail as this remains an often confusing matter for the general surgery. When appropriate, chapters to highlight controversies in care are featured such as the use of synthetic mesh in contaminated surgery and laparoscopic closure of defects in laparoscopic ventral hernia repair. Current recommendations and outcomes data are highlighted when available for each technique. Textbook of Surgery will serve as a very useful resource for physicians and researchers dealing with, and interested in, abdominal wall hernias. It will provide a concise yet comprehensive summary of the current status of the field that will help guide patient management and stimulate investigative efforts.

Table of Contents

1. The Biology of Hernia Formation
2. An Introduction to Complex Systems Science and Its Application to Hernia Surgery
3. Evaluating Outcomes and Evidence in Hernia Repair
4. Inguinal Hernia Epidemiology
5. Inguinal Anatomy
6. Diagnostic Considerations in Inguinal Hernia Repair
7. Overview of Modern Surgical Techniques in Inguinal Hernia Repair
8. Anesthetic Considerations in Inguinal Hernia Repair
9. The Shouldice Repair 2016
10. Lichtenstein Tension-Free Hernioplasty
11. The Gilbert Bilayer Connected Device (PHS) and Other Mesh Repairs
12. Laparoscopic TAPP Repair
13. Laparoscopic Totally Extraperitoneal (TEP) Inguinal Hernia Repair
14. Emerging Technology: Open Approaches to Preperitoneal Inguinal Hernia Repair
15. Emerging Technology: SILS Inguinal Hernia Repair
16. Emerging Technology: Robotic Inguinal Hernia Repair
17. Outcomes in Inguinal Hernia Repair
18. Prevention and Evaluation of Chronic Groin Pain
19. An Approach to Inguinal Pain
20. Surgical Management of Chronic Groin Pain
21. Groin Pain in Athletes
22. The Treatment of Incarcerated and Strangulated Inguinal Hernias
23. Introduction and Epidemiology of Incisional Hernias and the Argument for Mesh in Incisional Hernia Repair
24. Abdominal Wall Anatomy
25. Hernia Prevention and the Importance of Laparotomy Closure
26. The Use of Prophylactic Mesh in the Prevention of Incisional and Parastomal Hernia Repair
27. Preoperative Optimization and Enhanced Recovery Protocols in Ventral Hernia Repair
28. Overview of Operative Approaches and Staging Systems for Ventral/Incisional Hernia Repairs
29. Onlay Ventral Hernia Repair
30. Retrorectus Hernia Repair and Transversus Abdominis Release
31. Anterior Component Separation Techniques
32. Endoscopic Component Separation Techniques
33. Alternate Methods to Components Separation
34. Plastic Surgery Considerations for Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
35. Robotic Transabdominal Preperitoneal (rTAPP) Hernia Repair for Ventral Hernias
36. Robotic IPOM-Plus Repair
37. Laparoscopic Closure of Defect
38. Treatment of Incarcerated and Strangulated Ventral and Incisional Hernias
39. Treatment of Atypical Hernias
40. Umbilical Hernias
41. Diastasis Recti
42. Evisceration and Dehiscence
43. Treatment of the Open Abdomen
44. Parastomal Hernia
45. Progressive Preoperative Pneumoperitoneum (PPP)
46. Botulinum Toxin Use in Complex Abdominal Wall Hernias
47. Hernia Repair in Undeserved Areas
48. Social Media and Education in Hernia Repair
49. Robotic Ventral Hernia Repair
50. Management of Mesh Infection