Abdominal Wall Hernias || Hernias in the Elderly

✍ Scribed by Bendavid, Robert; Abrahamson, Jack; Arregui, Maurice E.; Flament, Jean Bernard; Phillips, Edward H.

• Book ID: 120214995
• Publisher: Springer New York
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 752 KB
• Edition: 1
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 1441985743
• DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8574-3_96

✦ Synopsis

Abdominal Wall Hernias is the most up-to-date, comprehensive reference available on all aspects of hernia repair. It includes state-of-the-art approaches to conventional open repairs using tissue-to-tissue techniques, the use of prosthetic mesh, minimally invasive approaches, the repair of recurrent and massive hernias, pertinent anatomy, basic science, and emerging biomaterials. The authors present a full spectrum of procedures to enable readers to gain a broad knowledge of the multifaceted repair of hernias. Richly illustrated, this book is a vital resource for all general surgeons and surgeons-in-training.