Evaluation of various prosthetic materials and newer meshes for hernia...

Journal of Minimal Access Surgery;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Abdominal wall hernias may be repaired either by...withstand the tension forces acting on the abdominal wall. Further, the mesh must not impede...that allow adequate support to the abdominal wall while substantially reducing the amount...

Early experience with the use of prosthetic mesh as fascia replacement in...

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The abdominal wall provides protection for the abdominal...performance of these roles. Defects in the abdominal wall could be partial or total and can...or from ventral hernias. When the abdominal wall defects are very large, they usually...

Abdominal Wall Necrotizing Fasciitis from Dislodged Percutaneous...

The American Surgeon;  September 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...We report three cases of abdominal wall necrotizing fasciitis that occurred...debridements and reconstructive abdominal wall surgery. We review the epidemiology...the issues of closure of large abdominal wall defects and future alimentation...

Massive ventral hernias: Role of tissue expansion in abdominal wall...

The American Surgeon;  May 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......hernias by first expanding the lateral abdominal wall muscles, fasciae, and skin with tissue...were repaired using this technique. ABDOMINAL WALL RECONSTRUCTION of massive ventral hernias...dimension, are complicated by the extent of abdominal wall loss and subsequent tissue ...

Emergency abdominoplasty following trauma

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery;  January 1, 2006 ;     687 words ...Introduction Abdominal wall reconstruction as an emergency...describe repair of a traumatic abdominal wall disruption using modified abdominoplasty...Discussion Reconstruction of acute abdominal wall defects is a challenging problem...

Comparison of Bursting Pressure of Abdominal Wall Defects Repaired by...

The American Surgeon;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......appropriate techniques for the repair of abdominal wall defects and the methods used to measure...different techniques for closure of abdominal wall defects using a new and more accurate...pressure measurements. Full thickness abdominal wall defects measuring 2 cm^sup 2^ were...

Management of traumatic abdominal wall hernia

The American Surgeon;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Traumatic abdominal wall hernia (TAWH) can occur after blunt...that required open repair. The abdominal wall defects were repaired primarily...predominance of blunt trauma, traumatic abdominal wall hernia (TAWH) remains a rare injury...

Abdominal Wall Neurofibroma Presenting as an Inguinal Hernia

Military Medicine;  March 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Inguinal hernias are a common cause of abdominal wall pain and are the most common abdominal wall abnormality. They can usually be differentiated...The following case report describes an abdominal wall neurofibroma presenting as an inguinal...

CASE REPORT: PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS OF GASTROSCHISIS WITH 3D/4D REPRESENTATION

Journal of Maternal - Fetal & Neonatal Medicine;  May 1, 2006 ;     275 words ......involving all the layers of the abdominal wall, with evisceration of abdominal...centre for prenatal sonography for abdominal wall defect. Examination revealed an 18 week gestation with an abdominal wall defect located to the right of...

Unusual presentations of gastroschisis

The American Surgeon;  August 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Gastroschisis is a defect of the ventral abdominal wall nearly always located to the right...intrauterine spontaneous closure of the abdominal wall defect as an etiology for midgut atresia. GASTROSCHISIS (GS) is a ventral abdominal wall defect characterized by extrusion of...

Large Gaps of Midline Abdominal Incisions and Their Management

The American Surgeon;  November 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......management of midline full-thickness abdominal wall gaps is difficult, often requires several...patients successfully with midline abdominal wall (including the skin) gaps who had multiple...elasticity, and contraction of the abdominal wall due to fibrosis as a result of previous...

Laparoscopic management of a cholecystocutaneous abscess

The American Surgeon;  December 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......cholecystectomy followed by open drainage of the abdominal wall abscess were accomplished without complication...cholecystocutaneous abscess has consisted of abdominal wall incision and drainage followed by staged...spontaneous biliary fistulae through the abdominal wall in his ...

Unique Recalcitrant Hernia Repair: Enterocutaneous Fistula with Complex...

The American Surgeon;  November 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......history of necrotizing myositis of the abdominal wall musculature with loss of domain, previously...as AHCD, to repair large and complex abdominal wall defects has been documented in me literature...in repairs such as our report with abdominal wall fistula. In this case report we ...

Abdominal wall metastasis following percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in...

Indian Journal of Surgery;  May 1, 2005 ;     682 words ......mass appeared to be arising from the abdominal wall. Computed tomography of the abdomen...chemoradiotherapy for this metastatic abdominal wall lesion. Colostomy started functioning...after proximal stomal wash. Discussion Abdominal wall metastasis normally does not occur...

Left-Sided Gastroschisis

The American Surgeon;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Gastroschisis is a periumbilical, abdominal wall defect arising to the right of the...there have been only 14 left-sided abdominal wall defects reported in the literature...GASTROSCHISIS is A FULL-THICKNESS abdominal wall defect primarily involving the periumbilical...