Minimally Invasive Repair of Ventral and Incisional Hernias

Ventral and incisional hernias are a particularly common occurrence impacting millions of patients worldwide. One of the very first applications of minimally invasive surgery in the early nineties has been that of laparoscopic repair of abdominal wall hernias with the intraperitoneal onlay mesh (IPOM) technique. Today, over three decades later, various minimally invasive approaches have been introduced, with the question of the most appropriate one still remaining open.

The goal of this Special Issue is to provide an comprehensive overview of the existing minimally invasive techniques for ventral and incisional hernia repair with regard to their outcome, as an attempt to determine the most appropriate indications for each approach in a given setting.

Submission topics include the following:

- Intraperitoneal Onlay Mesh technique (IPOM): Is IPOM Still Indicated? Is the intraperitoneal mesh
placement still an acceptable option?
- Ventral transabdominal preperitoneal repair (vTAPP)
- Extended view totally extraperitoneal repair (eTEP)
- Hybrid Approaches for example MILOS
- Minimally invasive Ventral hernia repair in the emergency setting
- Hostile Abdomen and adhesiolysis
- Is eTEP the safest approach?
- How to deal with minor intestinal leak during adhesiolysis and choice of prosthetic material in the
clean/contaminated field.
- Recurrence after minimally invasive ventral hernia repair. Now what?

Keywords: Minimally invasive surgery, ventral hernia, incisional hernia, Trans-Abdominal PrePeritoneal (TAPP), Extended view totally extraperitoneal repair (eTEP), Intraperitoneal Onlay Mesh technique (IPOM)