Surgery of Complex Abdominal Wall Defects

Part I. Preoperative Considerations

1. Intraoperative Decision-Making Process in Complex Surgery
Rifat Latifi

2. History of Abdominal Wall Repair: In Search of New Techniques and Materials
Ronald Merrell

3. Anatomy and Physiology of the Abdominal Wall: Surgical Implications
Ronald Merrell

4. Nutritional Consideration of Patients with Open Abdomens and Fistulas
Zachary M. Bauman, Bellal Joseph, Rifat Latifi

5. The Biology of Complex Abdominal Wall Defects: Definitions and Causes
F. Turégano, A. García-Marín

6. Perioperative Radiologic Evaluation of Patients with Difficult Abdominal Wall Defects
Fahim Habib, Antonio C. Marttos, Bruno Monteiro Pereira, Mariana F. J. Moscardi

Part II. Surgical Consideration: Techniques and Outcome

7. Abdominal Wall Reconstruction in Patients with Complex Defects: A Nine-Step Treatment Strategy
Rifat Latifi

8. A Difficult Abdomen: Temporary Closure and Management of the Consequences
Rifat Latifi, Guillermo Higa, Elizabeth Tilley

9. Timing of Definitive Reconstructive Surgery of Abdominal Wall Defects in Patients with Enterocutaneous Fistulas
Jasvinder Singh, Rifat Latifi

10. Practical Approach to Patient with a Hostile Abdomen: Clinical Scenarios
Gary Lombardo, Rifat Latifi, Ari Leppaniemi

11. Staged Reconstructions of Abdominal Wall Defects
Ari Leppaniemi

12. Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction-Plastic Surgeon’s Perspective
Donald P. Baumann, Charles E. Butler

13. Complex Tissue Transfer in the Management of Abdominal Wall Defects
Shigeki Kushimoto

14. Minimally Invasive Component Separation for the Repair of Large Abdominal Wall Defects
E. Barbosa, F. Ferreira

15. Abdominal Wall Reconstruction in the Pediatric Population
Emma C. Hamilton, Richard Andrassy, Mary T. Austin

16. Surgical Approach to Abdominal Wall Defects and Hernias in Patients with End Stage Organ Disease and Transplantation
Manuel I. Rodriguez-Davalos, Christopher Ibarra, Armando Salim Munoz-Abraham, Angel Flores Huidobro Martinez, Sukru Emre

17. Management of Flank Complex Hernia
Fernando Carbonell Tatay, Alfredo Moreno Egea, Rifat Latifi

18. Laparoscopic Access to the Difficult Abdomen in Patients with Large Abdominal Wall Defects
Orhan Veli Ozkan, Selman Uranues, Abe Fingerhut

19. Laparoscopic Techniques in the Repair of Large Abdominal Wall Defects
Selman Uranues, Orhan Veli Ozkan

20. Selection of Prosthetic Materials in the Repair of Complex Abdominal Wall Defects
Marcos Campos Wanderley Reis, Bruno Monteiro Pereira, Bartolomeu Nascimento, Gustavo Pereira Fraga

21. Mesh Placement in Complex Abdominal Wall Defects: Techniques and Outcomes
Ansab Haidar, Rifat Latifi

Part III. Post-operative Complications and Reoperative Surgery

22. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome and Hypertension in Patients Undergoing Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
Ajai K. Malhotra

23. The Surgical Nightmare: Dealing with Infected Mesh
Massimo Sartelli, Federico Coccolini, Fausto Catena, Luca Ansaloni, Rifat Latifi

24. Abdominal Plastic Surgery and Adjunctive Procedures
Kaveh Alizadeh, Jonathan Lee, Ali Shayesteh

25. Short Bowel Syndrome: A Clinical Update
Stanley J. Dudrick, Jose M. Pimiento, Rifat Latifi

26. Minimizing Postoperative Complications by Preoperative Optimization
Ruben Peralta, Ayman El-Menyar, Rifat Latifi

27. The Final Word on a Complex Problem
Rifat Latifi

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, General Surgery, Gastroenterology