Surgical Principles in Inguinal Hernia Repair

Presents a comprehensive state-of-the-art approach to options available for inguinal hernia repair Richly illustrated with anatomic illustrations, videos from operative interventions, and surgical photos Reviews published literature and selected references, along with anatomic illustrations, videos from operative interventions, and surgical photos to help reinforce the text

Autorentext

Jeffrey A. Blatnik, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Washington University Medical Center
660 S. Euclid Ave.
St Louis, MO 63110
USA

Melissa Phillips LaPinska, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
1930 Alcoa Highway
Knoxville, TN 37920
USA

Inhalt

Preoperative Considerations and Patient Optimization.- Inguinal and Femoral Anatomy.- Inguinal Hernia Repair Selecting a repair.- Prosthestic Options: Advantages and Disadvantages.- Open Non-Mesh Inguinal Hernia Repair.- Open Inguinal Hernia Repair.- Preperitoneal (Stoppa) Open Inguinal Hernia Repair.- Transabdominal Preperitoneal (TAPP) Repair.- Totally Extraperitoneal (TEP) Repair (with video).- Robotic Inguinal Hernia; the why and the how's.- Laparoscopic Femoral Hernia Repair.- Fixation in Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair.- Postoperative Management.- Inguinodynia: Nonoperative Management.- Inguinodynia: Operative Management.- Surgical Outcomes: The Importance of Surgeon Kept Data.- Sports Hernias and Athletic Pubalgia.- Inguinal Hernia Repair in Children.- Inguinal Hernia Repair in the Setting of Bowel Injury / Resection.- Inguinal Hernia Repair Around Prostatectomy.- Recurrent Inguinal Hernia Repair.- Training Surgical Residents in Inguinal Hernia Repair.