
Atlas of Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
- 3rd Edition - July 7, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editor: Michael J. Rosen
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 8 5 0 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 8 4 0 - 1
With comprehensive, highly illustrated coverage of the latest advances in abdominal wall surgery, Dr. Michael J. Rosen’s Atlas of Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, 3rd Edition, is a m… Read more
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With comprehensive, highly illustrated coverage of the latest advances in abdominal wall surgery, Dr. Michael J. Rosen’s Atlas of Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, 3rd Edition, is a must-have resource for repairs ranging from the routine to the complex. Thirteen new chapters, new surgical videos, and new illustrations keep you fully up to date in this fast-growing field. From preoperative management through surgery and postoperative care, this unique text/atlas provides the guidance needed to make the most effective use of both commonly performed and new and emerging surgical techniques for reconstruction.
- Covers congenital as well as acquired abdominal wall problems and surgeries, covering the full range of disorders which cause these defects and their surgical therapies
- Features high-quality, full-color anatomic illustrations and clinical intraoperative photos throughout
- Provides complete coverage of robotic, laparoscopic, open, and hybrid surgical approaches, from the routine (such as umbilical and inguinal repairs) to the complex (such as reconstruction of major abdominal wall defects with tissue loss and reoperative abdomens)
- Includes new chapters on Synthetic Mesh Options, Biologic Mesh Options, Absorbable Synthetic Mesh Options, Robotic IPOM, Robotic eTEP, Robotic Flank, Robotic TAR, Robotic Parastomal, Subcutaneous Onlay Laparoscopic Repair, Open Anterior CST, Open Onlay, Open Parastomal, and Open Shouldice Inguinal Hernia Repair
- Contains real-time video clips—many new to this edition—that capture key moments and techniques in abdominal wall surgery and are performed by masters in their respective fields
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date
General/GI Surgeons in practice and training
Section I Anatomy
CHAPTER 1 Practical Abdominal Wall Anatomy
Section II Operative Planning
CHAPTER 2 Synthetic Mesh Options
CHAPTER 3 Biologic Mesh Options
CHAPTER 4 Absorbable Synthetic Mesh Options
CHAPTER 5 Data Driven Preoperative Optimization of a Patient with a Hernia
Section III Minimally Invasive Hernia Repairs
CHAPTER 6 Robotic IPOM+
CHAPTER 7 Robotic Extended-View Totally Extraperitoneal Ventral Hernia Repair
CHAPTER 8 Endoscopic Onlay Repair
CHAPTER 9 Robotic Flank Hernia Repair
CHAPTER 10 Robotic Transversus Abdominis Release
CHAPTER 11 Robotic Parastomal Hernia Repair
Section IV Open Ventral Hernia Repairs
CHAPTER 12 Open Ventral Hernia Repair With Onlay Mesh
CHAPTER 13 Posterior Component Separation With Transversus Abdominis
Muscle Release
CHAPTER 14 Open Anterior Component Separation Technique
CHAPTER 15 Open Parastomal Hernia Repair
CHAPTER 16 Open Flank Hernia Repair
Section V Hernia Repair Adjuncts
CHAPTER 17 Progressive Preoperative Pneumoperitoneum for Hernias With Loss of Abdominal Domain
CHAPTER 18 Chemical Component Separation With Botox
CHAPTER 19 Tissue and Fascial Expansion of the Abdominal Wall
Section VI Other Abdominal Wall Procedures
CHAPTER 20 Locoregional and Free Flap Reconstruction of the Abdominal Wall
CHAPTER 21 Panniculectomy and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
CHAPTER 22 Perineal Hernia Repair
CHAPTER 23 Open Abdomen Management
CHAPTER 24 Repair of Posttransverse Rectus Abdominis Musculocutaneous
Bulges and Hernias
CHAPTER 25 Rectus Diastasis Repair
CHAPTER 26 Umbilical Hernia Repair
CHAPTER 27 Minimally Invasive Surgery (Including Robotic) Transabdominal Preperitoneal
Inguinal Hernia Repair
CHAPTER 28 Laparoscopic Totally Extraperitoneal Inguinal Hernia Repair
CHAPTER 29 Open Inguinal Hernia Repair Approaches
CHAPTER 1 Practical Abdominal Wall Anatomy
Section II Operative Planning
CHAPTER 2 Synthetic Mesh Options
CHAPTER 3 Biologic Mesh Options
CHAPTER 4 Absorbable Synthetic Mesh Options
CHAPTER 5 Data Driven Preoperative Optimization of a Patient with a Hernia
Section III Minimally Invasive Hernia Repairs
CHAPTER 6 Robotic IPOM+
CHAPTER 7 Robotic Extended-View Totally Extraperitoneal Ventral Hernia Repair
CHAPTER 8 Endoscopic Onlay Repair
CHAPTER 9 Robotic Flank Hernia Repair
CHAPTER 10 Robotic Transversus Abdominis Release
CHAPTER 11 Robotic Parastomal Hernia Repair
Section IV Open Ventral Hernia Repairs
CHAPTER 12 Open Ventral Hernia Repair With Onlay Mesh
CHAPTER 13 Posterior Component Separation With Transversus Abdominis
Muscle Release
CHAPTER 14 Open Anterior Component Separation Technique
CHAPTER 15 Open Parastomal Hernia Repair
CHAPTER 16 Open Flank Hernia Repair
Section V Hernia Repair Adjuncts
CHAPTER 17 Progressive Preoperative Pneumoperitoneum for Hernias With Loss of Abdominal Domain
CHAPTER 18 Chemical Component Separation With Botox
CHAPTER 19 Tissue and Fascial Expansion of the Abdominal Wall
Section VI Other Abdominal Wall Procedures
CHAPTER 20 Locoregional and Free Flap Reconstruction of the Abdominal Wall
CHAPTER 21 Panniculectomy and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
CHAPTER 22 Perineal Hernia Repair
CHAPTER 23 Open Abdomen Management
CHAPTER 24 Repair of Posttransverse Rectus Abdominis Musculocutaneous
Bulges and Hernias
CHAPTER 25 Rectus Diastasis Repair
CHAPTER 26 Umbilical Hernia Repair
CHAPTER 27 Minimally Invasive Surgery (Including Robotic) Transabdominal Preperitoneal
Inguinal Hernia Repair
CHAPTER 28 Laparoscopic Totally Extraperitoneal Inguinal Hernia Repair
CHAPTER 29 Open Inguinal Hernia Repair Approaches
- Edition: 3
- Published: July 7, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
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Michael J. Rosen
Dr. Michael Rosen is the Professor of Surgery at the Lerner College of Medicine and the Director of the Cleveland Clinic Comprehensive Hernia Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Rosen also serves as the Medical Director of the Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative, a nonprofit organization formerly known as Americas Hernia Society Quality Collaborative Foundation, which collects and aggregates health information, and publishes and provides data sets of health information related to abdominal core and hernia surgical repairs. Dr. Rosen’s practice focuses on abdominal surgery, abdominal wall reconstruction, adrenal surgery, appendectomy, biliary surgery, complex abdominal hernia repair, diagnostic laparoscopy, gastrectomy, gastrointestinal surgery, and hernia open repair surgery. Dr. Rosen has published extensively on these areas of surgery and this would be his third time editing the Atlas of Abdominal Wall Reconstruction.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Surgery, Lerner College of Medicine; Director, Cleveland Clinic Comprehensive Hernia Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA