Management of Abdominal Hernias

1. General Introduction and History of Hernia Surgery
Andrew N. Kingsnorth

2. Essential Anatomy of the Abdominal Wall
Vishy Mahadevan

3. Epidemiology and Etiology of Primary Groin Hernias
Brian M. Stephenson

4. Logistics
Giampiero Campanelli, Marta Cavalli, Valentina Bertocchi, Cristina Sfeclan

5. Economics of Hernia Repair
Luke Vale

6. Principles in Hernia Surgery
David H. Bennett

7. Prostheses and Products for Hernioplasty
Karl A. LeBlanc

8. Biology of Prosthetics
Bruce Ramshaw, Sheila Grant

9. Anesthesia
Pär Nordin

10. Complications of Hernia in General
Morten Bay-Nielsen

11. Inguinal Hernias in Children
Aly Shalaby, Joe Curry

12. Umbilical Hernia in Babies and Children
Anjili Khakar, Simon Clarke

13. Diagnosis of a Lump in the Groin in the Adult
Andrew C. Beaux, Dilip Patel

14. Anterior Open Repair of Inguinal Hernia in Adults
Joachim Conze

15. Extraperitoneal or Preperitoneal Open Repair of Groin Hernias Using Prosthetic Reinforcement
Martin Kurzer

16. Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair
Karl A. LeBlanc, Brent W. Allain, William C. Streetman

17. Femoral Hernia
Patrick J. O’Dwyer

18. Umbilical, Epigastric, and Spigelian Hernias
Benjamin S. Powell, Guy R. Voeller

19. Lumbar Hernia
Maciej Śmietański

20. Hernias of the Pelvic Wall
Michael S. Kavic, Stephen M. Kavic, Suzanne Marie Kavic

21. Incisional Hernia: The “Open” Techniques (Excluding Parastomal Hernia)
Andrew N. Kingsnorth

22. Laparoscopic Incisional and Ventral Hernia Repair
Patrice R. Carter, Karl A. LeBlanc

23. Parastomal Hernia
Leif A. Israelsson

24. The Laparoscopic Repair of Parastomal Hernias
Dieter Berger

25. Complications of Laparoscopic Incisional and Ventral Hernia Repair
V. B. Tsirline, I. Belyansky, B. Todd Heniford

26. Sports Hernias and Athletic Pubalgia
L. Michael Brunt

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Abdominal Surgery, Surgery, Medicine/Public Health, general