Director of Department of Surgery and Professor of Surgery

Westchester Medical Center

Table of Contents

I. Preface

Rifat Latifi, MD, FACS

II. Foreword to the First Edition

Michael F. Rotondo, MD, FACS

III. Foreword to the Second Edition

Michael G Sarr, MD

IV. Prologue: Nine Reasons This Book Is in Your Hands

Rifat Latifi, MD, FACS

PART I: PREOPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS

Chapter 1:  Intraoperative Decision-Making Process in Complex Surgery

Rifat Latifi

Chapter 2: History of Abdominal Wall Repair: In Search of New Techniques and Materials

Ronald Merrell

Chapter 3: Anatomy and Physiology of the Abdominal Wall: Surgical Implications

Ronald Merrell

Chapter 4: Nutritional Consideration of Patients with Open Abdomens and Fistulas

Turégano F, MD, FACS and García-Marín A, MD

Chapter 6: Perioperative Radiologic Evaluation of Patients with Difficult Abdominal Wall Defects

Fahim Habib, Antonio C. Marttos Jr., Bruno M. T. Pereira, Mariana F. J. Moscardi

PART II: SURGICAL CONSIDERATION: TECHNIQUES AND OUTCOME

Chapter 7: Abdominal Wall Reconstruction in Patients with Complex Defects:

A Nine-Step Treatment Strategy

Rifat Latifi, MD, FACS

Chapter 8: A Difficult Abdomen: Temporary Closure and Management of the Consequences

Chapter 9: Timing of Definitive Reconstructive Surgery of Abdominal Wall Defects in Patients with Enterocutaneous Fistulas

Jasvinder Singh and Rifat Latifi

Chapter 10: Practical Approach to Patient with a Hostile Abdomen: Clinical Scenarios

Gary Lombardo, Rifat Latifi, Ari Leppäniemi

Chapter 11: Staged Reconstructions of Abdominal Wall Defects

Ari Leppäniemi

Chapter 12: Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction: Plastic Surgeon's Perspective

Chapter 13: Complex Tissue Transfer in the Management of Abdominal Wall Defects

Shigeki Kushimoto, M.D., Ph.D.

Chapter 14: Minimally Invasive Component Separation for the Repair of Large Abdominal Wall Defects

E. Barbosa, MD, MSc, F. Ferreira, MD

Chapter 15: Abdominal Wall Reconstruction in the Pediatric Population

Emma C. Hamilton, Richard Andrassy, and Mary T. Austin

Chapter 16: Surgical Approach to Abdominal Wall Defects and Hernias in Patients with End Stage Organ Disease and Transplantation

Manuel I Rodriguez-Davalos, MD, FACS, Christopher Ibarra, MD, Armando Salim Munoz-Abraham, MD, MBEE, Angel Flores Huidobro Martinez, and Sukru Emre, MD, FACS

Chapter 17: Management of Flank Complex Hernia

Fernando Carbonell Tatay, MD; Alfredo Moreno Egea, MD; Rifat Latifi, MD

Chapter 18: Laparoscopic Access to the Difficult Abdomen in Patients with Large Abdominal Wall Defects

Orhan Veli Ozkan, Selman Uranues, Abe Fingerhut

Chapter 19: Laparoscopic Techniques in the Repair of Large Abdominal Wall Defects

Selman Uranues, Orhan Veli Ozkan

Chapter 20: Selection of Prosthetic Materials in the Repair of Complex Abdominal Wall Defects

Marcos Campos Wanderley Reis, Bruno Monteiro Pereira, Bartolomeu Nascimento, Gustavo Pereira Fraga

Chapter 21: Mesh Placement in Complex Abdominal Wall Defects: Techniques and Outcomes

Ansab Haidar, MD, Rifat Latifi, MD, FACS

PART III: POST-OPERATIVE  COMPLICATIONS AND REOPERATIVE SURGERY

Chapter 22: Abdominal Compartment Syndrome and Hypertension in Patients Undergoing Abdominal Wall Reconstruction

Ajai K Malhotra, MD, FACS

Chapter 23: The Surgical Nightmare: Dealing with Infected Mesh

Massimo Sartelli, Federico Coccolini, Fausto Catena, Luca Ansaloni, and Rifat Latifi

Chapter 24: Abdominal Plastic Surgery and Adjunctive Procedures in Post Bariatric Surgery

Kaveh Alizadeh MD, MSc, FACS; Jonathan Lee, MD, MPH; Ali Shayesteh, MD

Chapter 25: Short Bowel Syndrome: A Clinical Update

Stanley J. Dudrick, M.D., F.A.C.S., Jose M. Pimiento, M.D. F.A.C.S., Rifat Latifi, MD, F.A.C.S.

Chaper 26: Minimizing Postoperative Complications by Preoperative Optimization

Ruben Peralta, Ayman El-Menyar and Rifat Latifi

Chapter 27: The Final Word on a Complex Problem

Rifat Latifi, MD, FACS

As with the first edition, the second edition of this book covers the surgical anatomy of the abdominal wall, pathology of abdominal wall defects, such as hernias, enterocutaneous or entero-atmospheric fistulae, and indications for and surgical techniques used to reconstruct the abdominal wall from the practical stand point. In addition, through a number of illustrations, the placement of mesh in the abdominal wall reconstruction as well as manipulations of patient's tissue including lateral compartment release techniques and other tissue transfer techniques are described in detail. The text also covers reconstruction of complex contaminated abdominal wall defects in patients with complex enteric fistulae, stomas, defects created after the excision of previously placed infected prosthetic mesh, and defects associated with acute tissue loss after severe trauma or necrosis of abdominal wall such as necrotizing soft tissue infections. Complex abdominal wall defects in the pediatric population and long-term outcomes and durability of these repairs are also addressed. The second edition of Surgery of Complex Abdominal Wall Defects is written by experts in their respective areas from around the world and has been updated thoroughly. As with the first edition, it will continue to serve as a guide for current practice for surgeons, including general, trauma, acute care, plastic and reconstructive surgeons.