Hernia Repair Sequelae
Even the best hernia repair can result in postoperative difficulties for the patient caused by repair sequelae as for example pain, infertility, infection, adhesion and dislocation of the protheses. That can happen many years later and now, where the gene
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Hernia Repair
Sequelae
in collaboration with klaus-joachim conze
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Volker Schumpelick Robert J. Fitzgibbons (Eds.) Hernia Repair Sequelae
Volker Schumpelick Robert J. Fitzgibbons (Eds.)
Hernia Repair Sequelae In Collaboration with Joachim Conze
With 236 Figures and 97 Tables
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Prof. Dr. Volker Schumpelick
Prof. Dr. Robert J. Fitzgibbons
Chirurgische Klinik Universitätsklinikum Aachen Pauwelsstraße 30 52074 Aachen Germany e-mail: [email protected]
Department of Surgery Creighton University 601 North 30th Street Suite 3740 Omaha, NE 68131 USA e-mail: [email protected]
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Preface At the last Suvretta meeting in 2006 on recurrent hernia prevention and treatment, we demonstrated that with the wide range of available techniques, materials, and meshes at our disposal today, an experienced hernia surgeon will be able to prevent or at least treat a recurrent hernia. But whereas recurrences can be treated successfully in most cases, some other hernia repair sequelae can result in severe, sometimes untreatable problems, e.g. pain, infection, adhesion, or infertility. That was the reason to focus the 5th Suvretta meeting in 2008 on hernia repair sequelae. We are convinced that such sequelae can be a more serious problem for the patie
