Incisional Hernia

1. The Historical Evolution of the Treatment of Incisional Hernia
Ruggiero Nigro, Feliciano Crovella

2. The Anatomical Structures of Abdominal-Wall Continence
Francesco Ruotolo, Massimo Pinta, Luca Salvatore Gallinaro, Marco Di Giovan Paolo, Flavio Forte

3. Epidemiology
Francesco Rocca, Francesco Chianese, Feliciano Crovella

4. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome: Clinical and Physiopathologic Implications in Giant Ventral Hernias
Vittorio Corso, Elisa Bartolucci, Massimiliano Todaro, Luigi Veneroni, Gianfranco Francioni

5. Respiratory Physiopathology in Surgical Repair of Large Abdominal Hernias
Gabriele Munegato, Michele Schiano Visconte, Danilo Ros, Andrea Sanna

6. Notes Concerning Current Pathophysiological Aspects of Incisional Hernia
Aldo Bove, Laura Corradetti, Luciano Corbellini

7. Diagnostic Imaging of Incisional Hernia
Nicola Gagliardi, Ciro Stavolo, Silvana Nicotra, Giuseppe Russo, Rosario Galasso

8. Anaesthesiological Aspects in the Abdominal-Wall Surgery
Fernando Chiumiento, Maria Luisa Prisco, Antonello Rago, Rosalia Sicilia

9. Pathologies Associated with Incisional Hernia: Timing of Intervention
Francesco Corcione, Vincenzo Cimmino, Felice Pirozzi, Anna Settembre, Daniele Cusano

10. The Use of Prosthetic Mesh in Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair
Francesco Fidanza, Giuliana Simonatto

11. Mesh Fixation Devices
Diego Cuccurullo

12. Biological Material
Salvatore Ramuscello

13. Our Approach to the Rives-Stoppa Technique
Paolo Negro, Francesco Gossetti, Linda D’Amore

14. Retromuscular Prosthetic Repair of Incisional Hernia
Landino Fei, Vincenzo Trapani, Francesco Moccia, Aldo Nunziale, Feliciano Crovella

15. Laparoscopic Treatment of Incisional Hernia: Advantages and Limits
Edmond Estour, Clotilde Crovella

16. Incisional Hernia Repair with Intra-Peritoneal ePTFE Mesh: Technical Notes and Long-Term Results
Antonio Iuppa, Luigi Tenaglia, Giuseppe Iuppa, Gaetano Catania

17. Incisional Hernia Procedure with Mixed or Laparo-Assisted Technique
Feliciano Crovella

18. Trocar-Site Hernia
Giovanni Bartone, Mario Bellis, Feliciano Crovella

19. Giant Abdominal Wall Defects
Gianfranco Francioni, Vittorio Corso, Matteo Montesi, Massimiliano Todaro, Luigi Veneroni

20. Incisional Hernia in Obese Patients
Luigi Angrisani, Michele Lorenzo, Pier Paolo Cutolo

21. Boundary Incisional Hernias. Diagnosis and Therapy of a Rare Pathology
Giuseppe Paolo Ferulano, Saverio Dilillo, Ruggero Lionetti, Michele čAmbra, Domenico Fico, Domenico Pelaggi

22. Parastomal Hernia
Franco Catuogno, Giovanni Bartone, Maura C. Tracey, Feliciano Crovella

23. Emergency Laparoscopic Repair of Complicated Ventral and Incisional Hernias
Micaela Piccoli, Marco Ferronato, Riccardo Morici, Ivan Gentile, Fouzia Mecheri, Gianluigi Melotti

24. Porcine Dermal Collagen Graft in Complicated Incisional Hernia
Mariano Fortunato Armellino, Guglielmo Stefano, Giovanni Bartone, Giovanni Stefano

25. The Complications of Surgical Treatment of Incisional Hernia
Claudio Cicchese, Giancarlo Paglione

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Surgery, Abdominal Surgery, General Surgery, Anatomy, Anesthesiology