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Management of Abdominal Hernias

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Editors:
  1. Andrew N. Kingsnorth

    1. , Department of Surgery, Peninsula College of Medicine & Dentistr, Plymouth, United Kingdom

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  2. Karl A. LeBlanc

    1. , Surgeons Group of Baton Rouge, Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group, Baton Rouge, USA

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  • Contains a fully updated account of the surgical techniques and the available prosthetic materials for performing a correct repair of simple to complex hernias

  • Written by experts in the field

  • Contains full color illustrations

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. General Introduction and History of Hernia Surgery

    • Andrew N. Kingsnorth
    Pages 1-23

  3. Essential Anatomy of the Abdominal Wall

    • Vishy Mahadevan
    Pages 25-53

  4. Epidemiology and Etiology of Primary Groin Hernias

    • Brian M. Stephenson
    Pages 55-72

  5. Logistics

    • Giampiero Campanelli, Marta Cavalli, Valentina Bertocchi, Cristina Sfeclan
    Pages 73-78

  6. Economics of Hernia Repair

    • Luke Vale
    Pages 79-89

  7. Principles in Hernia Surgery

    • David H. Bennett
    Pages 91-101

  8. Prostheses and Products for Hernioplasty

    • Karl A. LeBlanc
    Pages 103-150

  9. Biology of Prosthetics

    • Bruce Ramshaw, Sheila Grant
    Pages 151-158

  10. Anesthesia

    • Pär Nordin
    Pages 159-170

  11. Complications of Hernia in General

    • Morten Bay-Nielsen
    Pages 171-184

  12. Inguinal Hernias in Children

    • Aly Shalaby, Joe Curry
    Pages 185-199

  13. Umbilical Hernia in Babies and Children

    • Anjili Khakar, Simon Clarke
    Pages 201-212

  14. Diagnosis of a Lump in the Groin in the Adult

    • Andrew C. de Beaux, Dilip Patel
    Pages 213-225

  15. Anterior Open Repair of Inguinal Hernia in Adults

    • Joachim Conze
    Pages 227-253

  16. Extraperitoneal or Preperitoneal Open Repair of Groin Hernias Using Prosthetic Reinforcement

    • Martin Kurzer
    Pages 255-269

  17. Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair

    • Karl A. LeBlanc, Brent W. Allain Jr., William C. Streetman
    Pages 271-283

  18. Femoral Hernia

    • Patrick J. O’Dwyer
    Pages 285-298

  19. Umbilical, Epigastric, and Spigelian Hernias

    • Benjamin S. Powell, Guy R. Voeller
    Pages 299-308

  20. Lumbar Hernia

    • Maciej Śmietański
    Pages 309-313
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About this book

Hernia repair is one of the commonest operations in general surgery. Open or laparoscopic repair of  a primary inguinal hernia is a relatively straightforward operation, but more complex  abdominal wall hernias demand greater  surgical skill and knowledge. The editors have assembled the world's top herniologists to describe and illustrate numerous surgical techniques in detail. The field of herniology has developed rapidly over the last few years. Since the previous edition of this book, published in 2003, new surgical techniques have been developed and many new prosthetic and biologic materials  have been introduced. Management of Abdominal Hernias 4e presents an authoritative, comprehensive and fully updated account of the surgical techniques and the available prosthetic materials for performing repair of abdominal wall hernias. Both open and laparoscopic methods are included. It is aimed at general and specialist surgeons in the practice of clinical surgery, as well as trainee surgeons.

Reviews

From the reviews of the fourth edition:

“This updated edition discusses at length all aspects involved in the care and management of patients with an abdominal hernia. … The intended audience includes general and specialist surgeons, as well as trainees seeking a comprehensive resource that incorporates all aspects of the management of a patient with an abdominal hernia. … This is an area in surgery that has changed significantly in the last few years and demands continuous updates, which this new edition accomplishes.” (Carlos A. Pelaez, Doody’s Book Reviews, May, 2013)

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Department of Surgery, Peninsula College of Medicine & Dentistr, Plymouth, United Kingdom

    Andrew N. Kingsnorth

  • , Surgeons Group of Baton Rouge, Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group, Baton Rouge, USA

    Karl A. LeBlanc

About the editors

Andrew N Kingsnorth, MS,FRCS,FACS

Professor of Surgery and Consultant Surgeon, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK

Karl A. LeBlanc, MD, MBA, FACS

Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery Institute and Fellowship Program, Baton Rouge, LA, USA; Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Louisiana State University of Medicine, New Orleans; in private practice at the Surgical Specialty Group Inc, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

He is the founding member and past president of the American Hernia Society, and he is on the editorial boards of the journals, Hernia, Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons.

He has edited the textbooks Laparoscopic Hernia Surgery (Hodder Arnold) and Management of Laparoscopic Surgical Complications (Marcel Dekker). He has also authored over 90 articles and book chapters on hernia, laparoscopic surgery, and socioeconomics of surgery.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Management of Abdominal Hernias

  • Editors: Andrew N. Kingsnorth, Karl A. LeBlanc

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-877-3

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London Ltd., part of Springer Nature 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-84882-877-3Published: 30 January 2013

  • Edition Number: 4

  • Number of Pages: XII, 414

  • Number of Illustrations: 240 b/w illustrations, 250 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Abdominal Surgery, Surgery, Medicine/Public Health, general

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