Title | Meshes: Benefits and Risks [electronic resource] / edited by Volker Schumpelick, Lloyd M. Nyhus |
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Imprint | Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2004 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18720-9 |
Descript | XVIII, 479 p. online resource |
I The Problem: How to Treat a Hernia -- 1 Have We Defeated Hernia Recurrence in the Groin? An Epidemiological Approach -- 2 Risk Factors Predisposing for the Development of Incisional Hernias -- 3 Expenses and Profits: Economical Aspects of Hernia Surgery -- II Reasons for Recurrence: a Pathophysiological Approach -- 4 Recurrences: the Fault of the Surgeon -- 5 The Fault(s) of the Patient: Scar Reaction and Biological Recurrence -- 6 Collagen - the Crucial Cause? -- 7 Pharmacotherapy of the Wound - Prevention of Hernia? -- III The World of Mesh -- 8 Textile Variations and Characteristics of the Plastic Meshes -- 9 Polypropylene: the Standard of Mesh Materials -- 10 Polyester Mesh - a French Solution? -- 11 ePTFE: Worth the Price? -- 12 PVDF: a New Alternative? -- 13 The World of Mesh -- IV Anatomic Basics -- 14 The Abdominal Wall - Where to Place the Mesh? -- V Mesh Biology -- 15 Pathophysiology and Pathology of the Foreign-Body Reaction to Mesh Implants -- 16 Long-term Inertness of Meshes -- 17 How to Construct a Mesh? Impact of Structure, Filament and Pore Size for Tissue Ingrowth -- VI Mesh-Related Complications: Exception or the Rule?-Impact of Technique and Material -- 18 Mesh Related Problems - How to Objectify -- 19 Shrinkage: Fake or Fact? -- 20 The Catastroph: Mesh Infection and Migration with Fistula Formation - Life Long Risk? -- 21 Prevention of Adhesion - Just an Illusion? -- 22 Does the Mesh Damage the Spermatic Cord? -- 23 Complaints - Usual Complications of Meshes? -- 24 Foreign-Body Carcinogenesis of Surgical Meshes -- VII Indications for Mesh Repair Today -- 25 Mesh Repair in the Groin: for Every Hernia at all Ages? -- 26 Mesh Repair in the Abdominal Wall: Are There Mesh-Free alternatives? -- 27 Mesh-Reinforced Repair of Diaphragmatic Hernia -- 28 Parastomal Hernia: Prevention and Treatment -- 29 Indications for Mesh Repair: Mesh Repair for Laparostomy - an Underestimated Procedure -- 30 The Use of Prosthetic Mesh for the Pediatric Hernia Repair -- 31 Meshes in Reconstructive Plastic Surgery -- VIII Actual Guidelines for Mesh Repair: Why to Prefer a Certain Technique? -- Open Technique in the Groin -- 32 Can the Lichtenstein Tension-Free Repair Wipe Out Hernia Recurrence? -- 33 Vypro II in Lichtenstein Repair: Risk or Benefit? -- 34 TIPP, an additional, alternative or a dispensable technique? -- 35 Prolence Hernia System: Quick and Effective Repair for Inguinal Hernia -- 36 The Preperitoneal Prosthetic Approach for the Repair of Recurrent Inguinal Hernia: Is There Still a Place for the Wantz Technique? -- 37 GPRVS: radical but too invasiveโฆ? -- 38 The ยปGrid-Ironยซ repair of groin hernia, a standard procedure? -- Laparoscopic Techniques in the Groin -- 39 TEP: for super specialists, not for the general surgeon? -- 40 Transperitoneal Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair (TAPP) - an Inferior Method? -- Incisional Hernia -- 41 Incisional Hernia Prevention -- 42 Laparoscopic Ventral and Incisional Hernia Repair: The Texas Endosurgery Institute Experience -- 43 Explantation of Meshes as a Routine in Future? -- IX The Ideal Mesh - What Should it Look Like? -- 44 The Ideal Mesh - How Should it Look Like? A Surgical Approach - Open Abdominal Wall -- 45 The Ideal Mesh for Abdominal Wall Repair - for Laparoscopic Procedures -- X Recommendations of the Experts -- 46 Dutch Guidelines for Inguinal Hernia -- XI Conclusion -- 47 Panel Discussion: Hernia Therapy in the Groin and for Incisional Hernia -- Appendix: Questionnaire