Advances in abdominal wall hernia repair
By: guest editors, Kamal M.F. Itani and Mary T. Hawn.
Contributors: Itani, Kamal M. F.; Hawn, Mary T.
Series: Surgical clinics of North America -- v.88, no. 1; Surgical clinics of North America -- v.88, no.1
Publisher: Saunders
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9781416058038
Subjects: Hernia -- Surgery.; Inguinal hernia.; Ventral hernia.
Notes: "February 2008".

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: value: Foreword; value: Preface; value: Biology of hernia formation / Michael G. Franz; value: Surgical Progress in inguinal and ventral incisional hernia repair / Stephen H. Gray, Mary T. Hawn, and Kamal M.F.Itani; value: Pediatric hernias / Mary L. Brandt; value: Primary and unusual abdominal wall hernias / J.R. Salameh; value: Open repair of ventral incisional hernias / Dan H. Shell IV, Jorge de la Torre, Patricio Andrades, and Luis O. Vasconez; value: Laparoscopic repair of ventral incisional hernias: pros and cons / Patricia L. Turner and Adrian E. Park; value: Prosthetic material in ventral hernia repair: how do I choose? / Sharon Bachman and Bruce Ramshaw; value: Parastomal hernias / Leif A. Israelsson; value: Inguinal hernias: should we repair? / Kiran Turaga, Robert J. Fitzgibbons, Jr., and Varun Puri; value: Open repair of inguinal hernia: an evidence-based review / Benjamin Woods and Leigh Neumayer; value: Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair / Mark C. Takata and Quan-Yang Duh; value: Prosthetic material in inguinal hernia repair: how do I choose? / David B. Earle and Lisa A. Mark; value: Postherniorrhaphy groin pain and how to avoid it / George S. Ferzli, Eric Edwards, Georges Al-Khoury, and RoseMarie Hardin; value: Index.