Ventral Hernia: Causes and Management | Ventral hernia

In general term, the ventral hernia is the protrusion of intra-abdominal contents, through the anterior abdominal wall fascia defect [1], except ...Openaccesspeer-reviewedchapterVentralHernia:CausesandManagementByAbdulMannanKhanRaoSubmitted:March26th2019Reviewed:July28th2019Published:November27th2019DOI:10.5772/intechopen.88873Home>Books>TechniquesandInnovationinHerniaSurgeryAdvertisementDownloaded:496AdvertisementAbstractVentralherniaisthemostcommontypeofherniaafteringuinalhernias.Theterm“ventralhernia”createssomeconfusion,becauseinmostcountriesoftheworld,especiallyinEurope,itisconsideredasincisionalhernia,whileintheUSA,itisusuallyconsideredasherniasofanteriorabdominalwallexceptgroinhernias.Dailyintheworldmillionsofabdominalsurgeriesarebeingperformedbybothopenorconventionalandlaparoscopictechniques,with3–20%incidenceofincisional.That’swhymainlyincisionalherniaanditscauses,riskfactors,andpredisposingconditionsandmanagementwillbediscussedinthischapter,thoughotherventralherniaswillbedescribedbriefly.Theimportantcauses,riskfactors[congenitalandacquired(patientsandpostoperative)],andpredisposingconditionsforventralherniaswillbediscussedindetail.Thesignsandsymptomsproducedbyventralhernia(incision)willbedescribedinitiallyandlater,andhowtoinvestigatetoconfirmthediagnosisandnecessaryinvestigationsbeforesurgeryfordifferenttypesofpatientsisdescribed.Inmanagingtheventralhernia,differenttreatmentoptionsarediscussedanddescribed,likeconservativemanagement,openmethod,laparoscopictechnique,andmoreadvancedrobotictechnique.Aftersurgerypostoperativecareofpatientandwoundisalsodiscussed.KeywordsherniaventralincisionalanteriorabdominalwalldefectopentechniquelaparoscopictechniquechapterandauthorinfoAuthorAbdulMannanKhanRao*CollegeofMedicine,QassimUniversity,SaudiArabia*Addressallcorrespondenceto:[email protected]:10.5772/intechopen.88873FromtheEditedVolumeIntechOpenTechniquesandInnovationinHerniaSurgeryEditedbyAngeloGuttadauroTechniquesandInnovationinHerniaSurgeryEditedbyAngel

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Ventral Hernia: Causes and Management | Ventral hernia
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