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Atlas of Abdominal Wall Reconstruction

  • 3rd Edition - April 26, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Michael J. Rosen
  • Language: English

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.

Key features

  • 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

Readership

General/GI Surgeons in practice and training

Table of contents

Section I Anatomy

1. Practical Abdominal Wall Anatomy

Section II Operative Planning

2. Synthetic Mesh Options

3. Biologic Mesh Options

4. Absorbable Synthetic Mesh Options

5. Data Driven Preoperative Optimization of a Patient with a Hernia

Section III Minimally Invasive Hernia Repairs

6. Robotic IPOM+

7. Robotic Extended-View Totally Extraperitoneal Ventral Hernia Repair

8. Endoscopic Onlay Repair

9. Robotic Flank Hernia Repair

10. Robotic Transversus Abdominis Release

11. Robotic Parastomal Hernia Repair

Section IV Open Ventral Hernia Repairs

12. Open Ventral Hernia Repair With Onlay Mesh

13. Posterior Component Separation With Transversus Abdominis Muscle Release

14. Open Anterior Component Separation Technique

15. Open Parastomal Hernia Repair

16. Open Flank Hernia Repair

Section V Hernia Repair Adjuncts

17. Progressive Preoperative Pneumoperitoneum for Hernias With Loss of Abdominal Domain

18. Chemical Component Separation With Botox

19. Tissue and Fascial Expansion of the Abdominal Wall

Section VI Other Abdominal Wall Procedures

20. Locoregional and Free Flap Reconstruction of the Abdominal Wall

21. Panniculectomy and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction

22. Perineal Hernia Repair

23. Open Abdomen Management

24. Repair of Posttransverse Rectus Abdominis Musculocutaneous Bulges and Hernias

25. Rectus Diastasis Repair

26. Umbilical Hernia Repair

27. Minimally Invasive Surgery (Including Robotic) Transabdominal Preperitoneal Inguinal Hernia Repair

28. Laparoscopic Totally Extraperitoneal Inguinal Hernia Repair

29. Open Inguinal Hernia Repair Approaches

Review quotes

Review of the previous edition:
"This is a lavishly illustrated and comprehensive review of abdominal wall hernias and various approaches to the surgical management of these hernias. The book is well written and is easy to browse. The associated web resources significantly enhance the value of the book." -Amir Aryaie, MD (Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center) Doody’s Review: 95 – 4 Stars!

Product details

  • Edition: 3
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 26, 2025
  • Language: English

About the editor

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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

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