An interactive discussion about inguinal hernia between Jeffrey Ponsky, MD and Michael Rosen, MD.
Dr. Rosen is professor of surgery at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine.
Table of Contents
1:00:44 1 Introductions
2:02:45Work up for groin bulge
4:02:16 Role of watchful waiting
5:30:26 Contraindications to repair
7:02:27 Open versus laparoscopic approach
10:48:40 Front door or ceiling: TAPP vs TEP laparoscopic repair
12:11:05 Patient counseling
14:24:46 Incidental contralateral hernia: To fix or not to fix?
15:29:07 Special cases: Check your minimally invasive ego
17:26:17 Laparoscopic repair: technical tenants
21:10:48 You’ve stepped into it now: Which mesh?
24:19:40 Fixation of mesh?
25:21:55 Contaminated field: To mesh or not to
26:15:14 Femoral hernias: Best approach?
28:34:32 Complicated hernias: recurrent, bilateral, incarcerated
30:35:18 Summary
