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Ventral hernias are exciting surgical challenges that encompass both treatment and prevention. Between 3 and 13 % of all laparotomy incisions will later develop ventral hernias; this rises to 40 % for those cases that develop surgical wound infections during the postoperative period. This high percentage produces important consequences, economic ones that impact the individuals who experience them as well as the healthy population. In 1991, Leblanc et al. compared the laparoscopic approach in ventral hernia to conventional ventral hernia surgery, in order to compare the results in terms of recurrence and morbidity, as well as the comfort of the patients. Since the beginning of the laparoscopic approach, there have been controversies regarding its indications, surgical techniques, materials, fixation methods, complications, and results. We demonstrate the advantages of this technique, as well as the principal steps that should be taken for a successful ventral laparoscopic hernia repair.
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Jurado, J.G., Menchero, J.G. (2014). Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair. In: Suárez Grau, J., Bellido Luque, J. (eds) Advances in Laparoscopy of the Abdominal Wall Hernia. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4700-8_9
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