Main description:

Written by an international team of experts, and endorsed by the Asia Pacific Hernia Society (APHS), the main objective of this book is to provide and promote best practices in hernia surgery. It is intended for those surgeons who are already performing hernia repair surgeries, helping them update their surgical know-how in a landscape of rapidly improving techniques. Covering all the commonly performed procedures, from tissue repair to mesh repair (both conventional and laparoscopic), it presents all currently available techniques in detail, addressing the needs of younger and more experienced surgeons alike. Each surgical procedure is explained step by step and supported with high-resolution serial intra-operative photographs and line diagrams. While the majority of the text covers the surgical anatomy, classification, pathophysiology, and imaging techniques for hernias, a closing chapter on future directions introduces readers to the latest and emerging techniques and approaches.

Contents:

PART I. General.- 1. The Economics of Hernia Surgery.- 2. Surgical anatomy of groin and groin hernia.- 3. Abdominal wall hernia classification.- 4. Imaging techniques for abdominal wall hernias.- 5. Future Consideration.- PART II. Groin Hernia.- 6. Biomaterials for Inguinal Hernia Repair.- 7. Anaesthesia for Laparoscopic Abdominal Wall Hernia Repair.- 8. Surgical techniques for Inguinal hernia repair: Open Technique - Tissue repairs.- 9. Surgical techniques for inguinal hernia repair: open tension-free repairs.- 10. Total extra-peritoneal repair (TEP).- 11. Trans-abdominal pre-peritoneal repair (TAPP).- 12. Open and Laparoscopic Repair of Femoral Hernia.- PART IIII. Abdominal Wall Hernia .- 13. Biomaterials For Abdominal Wall Hernia Repair.- 14. Components Separation Technique For Repair Of Complex Abdominal Wall Hernia.- 15. Laparoscopic Incisional And Ventral Hernia Mesh Repair.- 16. Laparoscopic repair of Peripheral Abdominal Wall Hernias.- 17. Laparoscopic Pre-peritoneal Onlay Mesh (PPOM) repair for ventral and incisional hernia.- 18. Muscle- aponeurotic plication associated with dermolipectomy in the treatment of ventral hernias and recti diastasis - A functional and aesthetic approach.- 19. Minimally invasive subcutaneouscopic and robotic rectus plication.- 20. Parastomal Hernia.- 21. Complications inguinal hernias: Strangulated incarcerated and obstructed hernias.- 22. Sportsman Hernia.- 23. Groin Hernia In The Elderly.- 24. Obesity and Abdominal wall hernias.- 25. Recurrent Inguinal Hernia.