Over the past decade, the treatment of ventral and inguinal hernias has seen tremendous growth and advancement in preoperative optimization, surgical techniques, and available options for prosthetic reinforcement. However, appropriate application of all of these innovative concepts can be challenging for the hernia surgeon. In particular, when to perform a "routine" operation on a "routine" hernia, and avoid making things too complicated can be difficult.
PROGRAM
Clinical Background
Welcome & Introduction - Dr. Michael Rosen (USA) and Dr. Steven D. Wexner (USA).
Preoperative Optimization: what have we learned? – Dr. Clayton Petro (USA).
Inguinal Hernia Repairs:
Tissue Repairs: old news, or the new future – Dr. Micki Reinhorn (USA).
MIS repairs: robotic and lap – Dr. Rana Higgins (USA).
Evidence and perspective/future aspects of Patient-Reported-Outcome-measures (PROMs) in ventral hernia repair – Dr. Thue Bisgaard (Denmark).
Ventral Hernia Repairs:
Umbilical Hernia Repairs: Mesh vs. No Mesh – Dr. Arielle Perez (USA).
MIS Lap vs. Robotic: IPOM for the routine ventral – Dr. Michael Liang (USA).
Mesh Choices for Routine Hernia Repair in 2021 – Mr. Olivier Lefranc (France).
Discussion and closing remarks – All faculty moderated by Dr. Michael Rosen (USA).
Share it with your network and help spread clinical knowledge.
