This book provides a useful guide for the management of complex abdominal wall problems from the perspective of a general surgeon, with sensible, practical clinical advice for the management of problems as they arise. Starting from managing the open abdomen and optimising the chances of achieving later definitive fascial closure, through to dealing with incisional and parastomal hernias throughout the abdomen. Expert guidance supported by an evidence-based review of the literature aids higher surgical trainees and consultant general surgeons who wish to expand their practice in this area.
- Focuses on the needs of the general surgeon
- Offers practical tips and advice for handling difficult cases
- Based on current best evidence
- Complemented by high quality images
List of Acronyms/Abbreviations
Preface
Contributors
PART 1. BEFORE SURGERY
1. Anatomy of the Anterior Abdominal Wall
John Rochester
2. The Scale of the Problem
Samuel G. Parker, Xavier Chalhoub and Alastair C.J. Windsor
3. Prevention is Better than Cure
Rhiannon L. Harries and Jared Torkington
4. Evidence for Mesh Use
Neil J. Smart and Ian R. Daniels
5. Assessment and Perioperative Management
Robert Hartley, Oliver Pratt and Dominic Slade
6. Additional Pre-operative Considerations and Techniques
Danette Wright, Charlotte Ralston, and Dominic Slade
7. The Open Abdomen
Jeff Garner
PART 2. SURGICAL TECHNIQUES
8. Rives-Stoppa Repair and Peritoneal Flap Hernioplasty
Duncan Light and Bruce Tulloh
9. Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair
Bruce Tulloh
10. Anterior Component Separation
Elizabeth Tweedle and James Wheeler
11. Endoscopic Component Separation
Stuart Oglesby
12. Posterior Component Separation
Ed Parkin and Dominic Slade
PART 3. SPECIAL SITUATIONS
13. Soft Tissue Management
James M. Baden
14. Management of Enterocutaneous Fistula
Jonathan C. Epstein and Mattias Soop
15. Lateral Hernias
Jeff Garner and Bruce Tulloh
16. Perineal Hernia
Jeff Garner
17. Parastomal Hernia
James R.F. Hollingshead and Roger W. Motson
Index
Mr Jeff Garner, Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon, The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, Moorgate Road, Rotherham South Yorkshire UK.
Mr Dominic Slade, Consultant Intestinal Failure, General and Colorectal surgeon, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Stott Lane, Salford, UK.
