Laparo-endoscopic Hernia Surgery: Evidence Based Clinical Practice

Description:

This book is distinctive in that it focuses exclusively on current laparoscopic and endoscopic techniques for inguinal, primary and incisional abdominal wall, and hiatal hernias. Individual steps in diagnosis and treatment are described by experts in the field, but this clinical expertise is also integrated with the best available external evidence from systematic research as encapsulated in statements, recommendations, and guidelines. The reader will thus not only learn how to perform techniques systematically and reproducibly but also come to understand which of the procedures have been scientifically validated by studies, reviews, and meta-analyses and which have simply developed empirically. The descriptions of technique are supplemented by detailed guidance on such aspects as indications, anesthesia, aftercare and pain management, and the prevention and management of complications. Where appropriate, careful comparisons are made of competing repair options, including open techniques. In summary, this book will help practicing surgeons to standardize their operative technique so as to reflect current scientific knowledge and thereby improve the quality of laparoscopic/endoscopic hernia surgery.

Table of Contents:

I. Inguinal Hernia

1. Clinical Anatomy of the Groin: Posterior Laparoscopic Approach

2. Diagnostics of Inguinal Hernias

3. Classification of Inguinal Hernia

4. Chain of Events Leading to the Development of the Current Techniques of Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair: The Time Was Ripe

5. Indication for Surgery: Open or Laparoendoscopic Techniques in Groin Hernias

6. Patient Selection for Laparoendoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair

7. Watchful Waiting as a Treatment Strategy in Patients with Asymptomatic Inguinal Hernia

8. Perioperative Management of Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair

9. Transabdominal Preperitoneal Patch Plasty (TAPP): Standard Technique and Specific Risks

10. TAPP: Complications, Prevention, Education, and Preferences

11. Technique Total Extraperitoneal Patch Plasty (TEP): Standard Technique and Specific Risks

12. Technique Total Extraperitoneal Patch Plasty (TEP): Complications, Prevention, Education, and Preferences

13. Comparison TAPP vs. TEP: Which Technique Is Better?

14. Complex Inguinal Hernias

15. Mesh Technology at Inguinal Hernia Repair

16. Aftercare and Recovery in Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Surgery

17. Chronic Postoperative Inguinal Pain (CPIP)

18. Costs

19. Sportsmen Hernia

20. Comparison to Open Techniques

21. Reduced Port in Laparoendoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair

II. Ventral and Incisional Hernias

22. Anatomy of the Abdominal Wall: What Is Important for Laparoscopic Surgery?

23. Ventral and Incisional Hernias: Differences and Indications for Laparoscopic Surgery

24. Pathophysiology and Diagnostics of Ventral and Incisional Hernias

25. Classification of Ventral and Incisional Hernias

26. Perioperative Management of Ventral and Incisional Hernias

27. Standard Technique Laparoscopic Repair of Ventral and Incisional Hernia

28. Aftercare and Pain Management

29. Complications, Pitfalls and Prevention of Complications of Laparoscopic Incisional and Ventral Hernia Repair and Comparison to Open Repair

30. Education and Learning Curve in Ventral Hernia Repair

31. Complex Ventral and Incisional Hernias

32. Ventral and Incisional Hernias Mesh Technology

33. Incisional and Abdominal Wall Hernia Repair with Minimally Invasive Extraperitoneal Synthetic Mesh Implantation Using MILOS Technique (Mini and Less Open Sublay Surgery)

34. Endoscopic Mini/Less Open Sublay (EMILOS) Technique: A Variation of the MILOS Operation in the Therapeutic Spectrum of Primary and Secondary Ventral Hernias

35. Lumbar and Other Unusual Hernias

36. Single-Port Technique and Robotics in Ventral Hernia Repair

III. Hiatal Hernias

37. General Issues of Hiatal Hernias

38. Techniques of Hiatal Hernia Repair

39. Mesh Technology in Hiatal Hernia

40. Complications of Hiatal Hernia Repair and Prevention

41. Complex Hiatal Hernias

42. Hiatal Hernia Repair in Difficult Pathologic-Anatomic Situations at the Hiatus

43. Comparisons of Methods at Hiatal Hernia Repair

44. New Technologies in Hiatal Hernia Repair: Robotics, Single Port

45. Education and Learning in Hiatal Hernia Repair

46. Anesthesiologic Aspects of Laparoscopic Hernia Repair

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