Haskins Ivy N, Perez Arielle J
Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina Health Care Hernia Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2020 Jun;30(6):666-672. doi: 10.1089/lap.2020.0167. Epub 2020 Apr 20.
More than 350,000 ventral hernias are repaired annually in the United States. Currently, there is significant variation in all aspects of ventral hernia management, from preoperative patient selection to postoperative care. Herein, we detail our perioperative evaluation and management of patients selected for laparoscopic ventral hernia and our surgical technique for the performance of laparoscopic ventral hernia repair.