Postherniorrhaphy Inguinodynia: Causes, Prevention, and Surgical Treatment: Triple-Neurectomy Parviz K. Amid David C. Chen Background While the recurrence rate of inguinal hernia repairs is significantly reduced by use of mesh…
Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair Bruce J. Ramshaw Scott R. Philipp Introduction Ventral abdominal wall hernias are a common problem encountered by general surgeons. Despite the large volume of hernia repairs…
Laparoscopic Pelvic and Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection Louis R. Kavoussi Ornob P. Roy Brian D. Duty Regional lymphadenectomy is used to stage and treat a variety of genitourinary (GU) malignancies….
Laparoscopic Transabdominal Preperitoneal Inguinal Hernia Repair Antonio Garcia-Ruiz Alejandro Weber-Sanchez Anatomy Being the site of highest incidence of abdominal hernias that require surgical management, the groin is one of the…
Iliopubic Tract Repair of Inguinal Hernia: the Anterior (Inguinal Canal) Approach Robert E. Condon The fundamental defect in the structure of the anterior abdominal wall that allows the development of…
Cooper Ligament Repair of Groin Hernias Robb H. Rutledge The Cooper ligament repair (McVay repair) is the only anterior herniorrhaphy that repairs all of the hernia defects that occur in…
Introduction to the Endovascular Section Josef E. Fischer Since the last edition, stenting, endovascular opening of thromboses, and the growth of minimally invasive surgery extended to vascular have revolutionized the…
Radical Hysterectomy Young Bae Kim Introduction Radical hysterectomy and bilateral pelvic lymphadenectomy is the standard operation for early cervical cancer. Wertheim developed the modern technique for radical hysterectomy in the…
Radical Cystectomy and Orthotopic Urinary Diversion for Bladder Cancer Eila Skinner Siamak Daneshmand Introduction In the United States, transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder is the second most common malignancy…
Supravesical Urinary Diversion Badrinath Konety Sean P. Elliott Introduction Supravesical diversion involves the external diversion of the urine stream without use of the bladder. While percutaneous nephrostomy offers a short-term…
