How is a laparoscopic ventral hernia repair performed?
A surgeon uses special instruments, small incisions, and a videoscope and television monitors to perform the hernia repair. A small incision is made in the abdominal wall in a location chosen to minimize the risk of running into organs or scar tissue from prior operations. Surgeons make as few other tiny incisions as is feasible, depending on how much scar tissue there is and how well they can see. A laparoscope (a tiny telescope with a television camera attached) is inserted through a small hollow tube. The laparoscope and TV camera allow the surgeon to view the hernia from the inside. Other small incisions will be made for placement of other instruments to remove any scar tissue, and to insert a surgical mesh into the abdomen. This mesh is fixed under the hernia defect to the strong tissues of the abdominal wall. The surgeon will use mesh to reinforce the weakened area of the abdominal wall. This will help prevent the hernia from recurring. What are the advantages of the laparascopic
