and strengthens the abdominal wall with stitches or mesh. Laparoscopic Repair: This minimally invasive procedure involves several small incisions, through which a laparoscope and surgical ...

Background: Posterior abdominal wall deficiency (PAWD) is a tear in the external oblique aponeurosis or the conjoint tendon causing a posterior wall defect at the medial end of the inguinal canal. It ...

The abdomen is inflated with air so that the surgeon can see the abdominal (belly) organs. A thin, lighted scope called a laparoscope is inserted through the incision. The instruments to repair the ...

For an abdominal wall hernia repair ... and postoperative recovery times were greatly reduced due to much smaller incisions, and the inferior initial outcomes as a surgeon worked through their ...