Manual of Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction

Mr Jeff Garner, Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon, The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, Moorgate Road, Rotherham South Yorkshire UK. Mr Dominic Slade, Consultant Intestinal Failure, General and Colorectal surgeon, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Stott Lane, Salford, UK.

List of Acronyms/Abbreviations. Preface. Contributors. BEFORE SURGERY. Anatomy of the Anterior Abdominal Wall. The Scale of the Problem. Prevention is Better than Cure. Evidence for Mesh Use. Assessment and Perioperative Management. Additional Pre-operative Considerations and Techniques. The Open Abdomen. SURGICAL TECHNIQUES. Rives-Stoppa Repair and Peritoneal Flap Hernioplasty. Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair. Anterior Component Separation. Endoscopic Component Separation. Posterior Component Separation. SPECIAL SITUATIONS. Soft Tissue Management. Management of Enterocutaneous Fistula. Lateral Hernias. Perineal Hernia. Parastomal Hernia. Index.