Flank hernias develop on the sides or back of the abdominal wall, as opposed to the midline. They can result after surgery through the lateral abdominal wall, including surgeries on the liver, kidneys and gallbladder, as well as spine surgery. […]
The Targeted Muscle Reinnervation (TMR) surgical procedure, developed by Gregory A. Dumanian, MD, and Todd A. Kuiken, MD, PhD, offers improved prosthesis control for arm amputation patients. During the TMR procedure, surgeons transfer nerves from the residual arm to target
What happens to the muscles on the side after a components release? Do they weaken? There are three side muscles–the external oblique, the internal oblique, and the transversus abdominis. The most common version of the components release hernia repair cuts
http://www.thepsf.org/research/achievement-awards/innovation-challenge/current-recipients.htm Dr. Dumanian will present a talk on the use of mesh in abdominal wall reconstruction at the 2014 AAPS meeting in Florida.
Dr. Dumanian has led an effort to develop a new type of surgical suture for abdominal wall closures. Called “mesh suture”, the innovative suture design allows the tissues to grow into the suture itself for an improved tissue hold. Dr.
The Abdominal Wall Meeting in Washington DC will bring together up to 1000 surgeons who perform abdominal wall reconstruction. I will give two lectures. The first is on the role of synthetic meshes in hernia repair. The other is on
At the national plastic surgery meeting, I will help give a course on abdominal wall reconstruction with Dr. Chuck Butler and Dr. Gordan Lee. My topics are the use of prosthetic mesh, and the treatment of infected mesh. I have
I participated with Dr. Alex Shin at the 2011 ASSH meeting in Las Vegas, and gave a course on management of symptomatic neuromas. At the national plastic surgery meeting, I will help give a course on abdominal wall reconstruction with
I gave three presentations at the 33rd European hernia society meeting in Ghent, Belgium in May 2011. One was a panel debate on the proper treatment of the open abdomen. A second was a presentation on my results of 100
It was fun meeting with European hernia surgeons. I spoke on the use of intraabdominal midweight polypropylene meshes, and the issues of the “loss of domain” as they relate to components separation repairs.
