Endoscopic Repair of Abdominal Wall Hernias

PRADEEP CHOWBEY, MS, MNAMS, FRCS (London), FIMSA, FICS, FACS, FAIS, FIAGES, FALS, belongs to the cadre of pioneer laparoscopic surgeons in the world. He is Vice-Chairman of Max Healthcare and Director of the Max Institute of Minimal Access, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Saket, New Delhi (India). He established the first dedicated Institute of Minimal Access Surgery in 1996, the first of its kind in the Asian subcontinent. He is trained in the renowned medical institutions such as Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, USA), Johns Hopkins Institute (Baltimore, USA), Royal Marsden Cancer Hospital (London, UK). Dr Chowbey has to his credit rare distinctions such as Honorary Surgeon to the President of India, Honorary Surgeon to Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) and Surgeon to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Dr Chowbey is a Founding Designee in the International Centre of Excellence for Bariatric Surgery Program of the Surgical Review Corporation, USA. He is Founder President of the Asia Pacific Hernia Society (APHS), President Elect of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO), President of the Asia Pacific Chapter of International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO), President of Asia Pacific Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Society (APMBSS) and Past President of Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society of India (OSSI). He is an Honorary Member of the Indonesian Hernia Society, GCC Hernia Society (Dubai, UAE) and the German Hernia Society. Dr Chowbey is a member of the core group of international experts who formulated guidelines and recommendations for minimal access surgery, endoscopic hernia surgery and bariatric surgery in India. Dr Chowbey and his team have performed more than 58,500 minimal access surgeries during the past two decades, and feature in the Guinness Book of Records (1997) and the Limca Book of Records (2000 to 2012). He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2002 by the President of India in recognition of his professional excellence.

Foreword to the first edition; Addendum; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; Acknowledgements; Contributors; 1. Historical aspects of hernia repair; 2. Advent of minimal access surgery; 3. Endoscopic anatomy; 4. Classification of endoscopic repair of hernias; 5. Equipment and instruments; 6. Prosthetics and fixation devices; 7. Patient management - Our approach; 8. Anaesthesia for laparoscopic endohernia repair; 9. Total extraperitoneal repair of groin hernias; 10. Transabdominal preperitoneal repair of groin hernia; 11. Trouble-shooting in groin hernia repair; 12. Laparoscopic repair of ventral and incisional abdominal wall hernias; 13. Trouble-shooting in the repair of ventral and incisional abdominal wall hernias; 14. Sterilization techniques; Appendices; Index.