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- Contains a fully updated account of the surgical techniques and the available prosthetic materials for performing a correct repair of simple to complex hernias
- Written by experts in the field
- Contains full color illustrations
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Hernia repair is one of the commonest operations in general surgery. Open or laparoscopic repair of a primary inguinal hernia is a relatively straightforward operation, but more complex abdominal wall hernias demand greater surgical skill and knowledge. The editors have assembled the world's top herniologists to describe and illustrate numerous surgical techniques in detail. The field of herniology has developed rapidly over the last few years. Since the previous edition of this book, published in 2003, new surgical techniques have been developed and many new prosthetic and biologic materials have been introduced. Management of Abdominal Hernias 4e presents an authoritative, comprehensive and fully updated account of the surgical techniques and the available prosthetic materials for performing repair of abdominal wall hernias. Both open and laparoscopic methods are included. It is aimed at general and specialist surgeons in the practice of clinical surgery, as well as trainee surgeons.
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Front Matter
Reviews
From the reviews of the fourth edition:
“This updated edition discusses at length all aspects involved in the care and management of patients with an abdominal hernia. … The intended audience includes general and specialist surgeons, as well as trainees seeking a comprehensive resource that incorporates all aspects of the management of a patient with an abdominal hernia. … This is an area in surgery that has changed significantly in the last few years and demands continuous updates, which this new edition accomplishes.” (Carlos A. Pelaez, Doody’s Book Reviews, May, 2013)Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Andrew N Kingsnorth, MS,FRCS,FACS
Professor of Surgery and Consultant Surgeon, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK
Karl A. LeBlanc, MD, MBA, FACS
Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery Institute and Fellowship Program, Baton Rouge, LA, USA; Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Louisiana State University of Medicine, New Orleans; in private practice at the Surgical Specialty Group Inc, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
He is the founding member and past president of the American Hernia Society, and he is on the editorial boards of the journals, Hernia, Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons.
He has edited the textbooks Laparoscopic Hernia Surgery (Hodder Arnold) and Management of Laparoscopic Surgical Complications (Marcel Dekker). He has also authored over 90 articles and book chapters on hernia, laparoscopic surgery, and socioeconomics of surgery.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Management of Abdominal Hernias
Editors: Andrew N. Kingsnorth, Karl A. LeBlanc
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-877-3
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London Ltd., part of Springer Nature 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-84882-877-3Published: 30 January 2013
Edition Number: 4
Number of Pages: XII, 414
Number of Illustrations: 240 b/w illustrations, 250 illustrations in colour
Topics: Abdominal Surgery, Surgery, Medicine/Public Health, general