Pre- and Postoperative Care
As does surgery of the abdominal viscera, surgery of the abdominal wall requires careful local and general preparation. It is not the purpose of this section to give a list of the routine investigative procedures that are done prior to surgery of the abdo
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Professeur Jean Paul Chevrel Service de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, H6pital Avicenne, Universite Paris 13, 125 Route de Stalingrad, F-93009 Bobigny
Translator: Dr. Elliot Goldstein Bachlettenstrasse 82, CH-4054 Basel
Title of the original French edition: Chirurgie des parois de I'abdomen ©Springer-Vedag Berlin Heidelberg New York Tokyo 1985 ISBN 978-3-662-10166-7
ISBN 978-3-662-10166-7 ISBN 978-3-662-10164-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-10164-3 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data. Chirurgie des parois de l'abdomen. English. Surgery of the abdominal wall. Translation of: Chirurgie des parois de l'abdomen. Includes bibliographies and index. 1. Abdominal wall-Surgery. I. Chevrel, J. P. (Jean Paul) II. Caix, M. (Michel) III. Title. [DNLM: 1. Abdominal Wall-surgery. WI 900 C5415] RD540.2.C4813 1986 617'.553 86-6535 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically those of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, broadcasting, reproduction by photocopying machine or similar means, and storage in data banks. Under § 54 of the German Copyright Law where copies are made for other than private use, a fee is payable to 'Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort', Munich. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1987 Originally published by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York in 1987
Foreword
The abdominal wall has always been of interest to surgeon-anatomists. It was recognized as a barrier, and volumes have been written demonstrating how to breach this wall. Similarly, great importance has been placed on the methods of repairing the abdominal wall, whether that repair is necessitated by a primary operative wound, a congenital failure, an acquired defect, or the ubiquitous iatrogenic problem, the postoperative abdominal wall hernia. French surgeons have a long tradition of excellence in the field of human anatomy: the names of Pare, Bichat, Cloquet, and Fruchaud readily come to mind. It is not surprising then, that this comprehensive text on the subject of the abdominal wall and its defects emanates from France. Although there are many interesting aspects to this presentation of abdominal wall problems, I find the review of prosthetic material and its use to be most unique. The synthetic meshes available today may well revolutionize our various approaches for repair of hernial defects. Considerable experience has evolved in the use of these prosthetic materials, particularly in the United Kingdom and Europe. I have been a proponent of prosthetic mesh for the cure of recurrent groin hernia during the past decade. According to the results reported in this book, the use of a prosthetic material in selected patients needing primary hernia repair seems indicated. I would be remiss if the organization GREPA were not highlighted. It is common today to form clubs dedicated to the study of single organ systems, such as the pancrea
