Hernia surgery is surgery to correct “a weak spot”.
It is also reffered to as abdominal wall surgery.
The most common places of these weak spots in the abdominal wall are the umbilicus and the groin but they can also occur after previous surgery (incisional hernia). These weak spots can be painful or can entrap abdominal contents like bowel (incarceration) which can become an emergency situation.
Modern correction of these weak spots often requires reinforcement with placement of a prosthetic mesh.
The mesh is made out of harmless, non-absorbable and pliable material that fully incorporates into the muscle tissue reinforcing the weak spot.
Indication: Weak spot of the abdominal wall
Classification Surgery: Minor-Medium
Minimal invasive laparoscopic procedure: Yes
Expected hospital stay: Daycare or shortstay (2 days) hospitalisation
Possible complications: Wound infection (very low chance)
Correction of an umbilical or ventral abdominal hernia can be done with stitching material or placemnet of a prosthetic mesh
The procedure can be done in a classical open method or laparoscopically with special double sided meshes.
Correction of a groin hernia is done -by golden standard- with placement of a prosthetic mesh.
The procedure can be done open (Lichtenstein procedure)
or laparoscopically, a TEP or TAPP procedure.
CaSES strives through education and training to have the laparoscopic technique safely practiced throughout the region.
This is a video of an actual laparoscopic TEP operation done (for a recurrence from previous surgery elsewhere) by a CaSES member. It is used for educational purposes with patient consent.
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The CaSES is linked and affiliated to different quality-control societies and organizations. Through their specialties the CaSES surgeons are also members, board members and founding members of different surgical specialty field organizations such as the the Caribbean College of Surgeons (CCOS), the Caribbean Obesity Forum (COF) and the Caribbean Society for Hepatobiliary Surgery (CSHS).
