Gastrointestinal and mobile surgery
In the poorest third of the world, only 3.5% of global surgery is delivered. High quality gastrointestinal and endoscopic care is rarely received by those in remote areas and the poor, commonly due to geographical limitations, and difficulty leaving family and occupation. One solution brings surgical care to the patient through mobile surgery. Cinterandes, a humanitarian Ecuadorian Mobile Surgical Unit, has travelled more than 300,000km over the last 20 years
Background: There is still considerable debate regarding the best operative approach to ventral hernia repair. Using two large statewide databases, this study sought to evaluate the longitudinal outcomes and associated costs of laparoscopic and open ventral hernia repair.
Methods: All patients undergoing elective ventral hernia repair from 2007-2011 were identified from inpatient discharge data from California and New York. In-hospital morbidity, in-hospital mortality, incidence of readmission,
(BACKGROUND) Inguinal hernia repair is the most common procedure in general and visceral surgery worldwide. Laparoscopic Transabdominal preperitoneal mesh hernioplasty (TAPP) has been also popular surgical method in Japan. Single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) is one of the newest branches of advanced laparoscopy, and its indication has been spread to not only simple surgery such as cholecystectomy, but also complex surgery. Herein, we report our experience with single incision laparoscopi
Background
Repair of large ventral hernias are a challenging problem. Often the disease process is accompanied by many associated comorbidities that can affect outcomes. Outside of recurrence, other factors such as wound complications and mesh infection create significant morbidity. Chevrel first described onlay ventral hernia repair in 1979. In 1989 he described a modification using fibrin glue in addition to absorbable sutures. The aim of this study is to review the largest case series of sut
Background:
Inguinal hernias account for 75% of abdominal wall hernias with a greater prevalence in male patients. Being one of the most common procedures among general surgeons, laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernia spurs quite the debate with respect to the topic of fixation. Secure fixation of mesh during laparoscopic total extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair (TEP) is thought to be a necessity to severely reduce the rate of recurrence. Yet, multiple tacking’s may lead to increased pain,