Atlas of Abdominal Wall Reconstruction

With comprehensive, highly illustrated coverage of the latest advances in abdominal wall surgery, Dr. Michael J. Rosen’s Atlas of Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, 3rd Edition, is a must-have resource for repairs ranging from the routine to the complex. Thirteen new chapters, new surgical videos, and new illustrations keep you fully up to date in this fast-growing field. From preoperative management through surgery and postoperative care, this unique text/atlas provides the guidance needed to make the most effective use of both commonly performed and new and emerging surgical techniques for reconstruction.

• Covers congenital as well as acquired abdominal wall problems and surgeries, covering the full range of disorders which cause these defects and their surgical therapies
• Features high-quality, full-color anatomic illustrations and clinical intraoperative photos throughout
• Provides complete coverage of robotic, laparoscopic, open, and hybrid surgical approaches, from the routine (such as umbilical and inguinal repairs) to the complex (such as reconstruction of major abdominal wall defects with tissue loss and reoperative abdomens)
• Includes new chapters on Synthetic Mesh Options, Biologic Mesh Options, Absorbable Synthetic Mesh Options, Robotic IPOM, Robotic eTEP, Robotic Flank, Robotic TAR, Robotic Parastomal, Subcutaneous Onlay Laparoscopic Repair, Open Anterior CST, Open Onlay, Open Parastomal, and Open Shouldice Inguinal Hernia Repair
• Contains real-time video clips―many new to this edition―that capture key moments and techniques in abdominal wall surgery and are performed by masters in their respective fields
• An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date

Dr. Michael Rosen is the Professor of Surgery at the Lerner College of Medicine and the Director of the Cleveland Clinic Comprehensive Hernia Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Rosen also serves as the Medical Director of the Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative, a nonprofit organization formerly known as Americas Hernia Society Quality Collaborative Foundation, which collects and aggregates health information, and publishes and provides data sets of health information related to abdominal core and hernia surgical repairs. Dr. Rosen’s practice focuses on abdominal surgery, abdominal wall reconstruction, adrenal surgery, appendectomy, biliary surgery, complex abdominal hernia repair, diagnostic laparoscopy, gastrectomy, gastrointestinal surgery, and hernia open repair surgery. Dr. Rosen has published extensively on these areas of surgery and this would be his third time editing the Atlas of Abdominal Wall Reconstruction.