Provides a concise yet comprehensive summary Written by experts in the field Provides chapters that highlight controversies in care This textbook provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art review of the field of hernia surgery, and will serve as a valuable resource for clinicians, surgeons, and researchers with an interest in both inguinal and ventral/incisional hernia. This book provides an overview of the current understanding of the biological basis of hernia formation as well as laying the foundation for the importance of hernia research and evaluating outcomes in hernia repair. Diagnosis and management strategies for inguinal and ventral hernia are discussed in detail with separate techniques sections for the most widely used procedures in this field as well as emerging technologies such a robotic and single-incision surgery. Pertinent associated topics to inguinal hernia surgery such as the chronic groin and athletic pubalgia are covered in detail.
