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Minimally Invasive Hernia Surgery

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Minimally invasive hernia surgery is a field of general surgery that should be understood by the internist. Many patients will ask for guidance on this option. This chapter develops the general preoperative workup, the general intraoperative details, and the postoperative expectations that can be seen following these procedures. In general, the MIS method allows for a faster recovery from the surgery and superior outcomes compared to the traditional open surgical approach. The relatively recent addition of the surgical robot to the MIS repair of hernias has introduced another layer of MIS repair. It should be remembered that the robot is a laparoscopic method rather than a truly new operation.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

    Karl A. LeBlanc

  2. Woman’s Hospital of Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

    Zinda Z. LeBlanc

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  2. Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

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LeBlanc, K.A., LeBlanc, Z.Z. (2019). Minimally Invasive Hernia Surgery. In: Rezac, C., Donohue, K. (eds) The Internist's Guide to Minimally Invasive Gastrointestinal Surgery . Clinical Gastroenterology. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96631-1_12

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