Cirrhosis with refractory ascites was considered a contraindication to laparoscopic surgery,1 until recently. However, current literature has shown the efficacy and safety of various laparoscopic procedures in the diagnosis and management of surgical conditions in cirrhotic patients. The incidence of ventral hernias in cirrhotic patients with tense ascites is high. It is well known that open he...

OBJECTIVE The risk factors associated with early ventral site hernia development following cancer surgery are ill defined and associated with an undetermined incidence. METHODS We analyzed 1,391 gynecologic cancer patient charts to identify the number of post-operative ventral site hernias over a nearly 6 year period. The following study variables were noted for evaluation: patient demographi...

OBJECTIVE To describe the postoperative complication rates of a large consecutive series of patients who underwent open incisional ventral hernia repair. DESIGN Retrospective medical record review of an accumulated database. SETTING University tertiary care medical center. PATIENTS All patients who underwent open incisional ventral hernia repair from March 1, 2003, through February 28, 20...

Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair shortens the length of hospital stay and achieves low rates of hernia recurrence. The inherent difficulties of performing advanced laparoscopy operations, however, have limited the adoption of this technique by many surgeons. We hypothesized that the virtual operative field and hand-like instruments of a telerobotic surgical system could overcome these limitat...

PURPOSE This study assessed the recurrence rate and other safety and efficacy parameters following ventral hernia repair with a polyester composite prosthesis (Parietex™ Composite Ventral Patch [PCO-VP]). PATIENTS AND METHODS A single-arm, multicenter prospective study of 126 patients undergoing open ventral hernia repair with the PCO-VP was performed. Patient outcomes were assessed at discha...

Se presenta caso de una paciente femenina 94 años, con antecedente quirúrgico laparotomía exploratoria + herniorrafía ventral. Cursó historia dolor y distensión abdominal 4 días evolución, asociado a náuseas, vómitos estreñimiento. En la serie abdomen agudo se visualiza niveles hidroaéreos patrón en escalera ausencia aire el colon distal. realiza tomografía pelvis contrastada que muestra leve d...

A Spigelian hernia is a very rare type of anterior abdominal wall hernia. The etiology revolves around the dehiscence transverse abdominis and internal oblique aponeurosis. majority hernias develop in lower abdomen where posterior sheath absent. This condition also known as spontaneous lateral ventral or semilunar line. It mostly asymptomatic generally proven by radiological diagnosis. In worst...

Epigastric hernia, a form of abdominal ventral accounts for 0.5 – 10.0% all wall hernias. These may be congenital due to incomplete midline fusion developing lateral domains or acquired. It usually occurs in individuals the age groups 20 50 years and infants. is rarely large enough admit more than small amount extra-peritoneal fat. We discuss an epigastric hernia known only little 4-hours, pres...

Surgical treatment of incisional hernia is an actual problem abdominal surgery. Despite the improvement surgical techniques, results cannot be considered satisfactory: recurrence rate continues to high and due failures in reconstruction complex ventral hernia. Although there are many works devoted various aspects patients with hernias, not sufficiently resolved. The this category a difficult ta...