Fig. 8.1 Causes of abdominal pain (© 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. www.netterimages.com. Used with permission) Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Background In the nongravid patient, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) affects…
© Springer International Publishing AG 2018Peter Bogach Greenspan (ed.)The Diagnosis and Management of the Acute Abdomen in Pregnancy https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62283-5_3 3. General Principles in the Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen Peter Bogach Greenspan1, 2 (1) Department of…
Nonpregnant adult First trimester Second trimester Third trimester Hematology Hemoglobin (g/dL) 12–15.8 11.6–13.9 9.7–14.8 9.5–15.0 Hematocrit (%) 35.4–44.4 31.0–41.0 30.0–39.0 28.0–40.0 Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (pg/cell) 27–32 30–32 30–33 29–32…
Fig. 1 Kidney rest positioning Port Positioning, Docking, and Instrumentation The ports are positioned with the established principles of triangulation similar to conventional LVHR (Fig. 2). It is important to…
Final port position for a LLQ hernia Instrumentation For right-handed surgeons, a da Vinci (dV) prograsp (or fenestrated bipolar) is placed in arm #2, 12 mm 30° up camera in…
Fig. 1 Laparoscopic repair of subxiphoid incisional hernia. Mesh fixation is limited by the costal margin superiorly Our preferred technique is placement of mesh in the extraperitoneal position, either preperitoneal…
Fig. 1 Pneumoperitoneum : Veress needle The other cannulas, one for the robotic optic and two for work arms, are located under direct view, preferably 20 cm away from the…
Fig. 1 Patient’s positioning and wide exposition of the abdominal wall Operative Technique Parastomal The same operative steps as incisional laparoscopic hernia already described are carried out, but with some…
Fig. 1 Comparison of mesh (light- and heavyweight) strength with abdominal wall pressures Lightweight meshes were first introduced in 1998 (Vypro) and their superiority over the heavyweight meshes is now…
