17th Annual Hernia Repair Meeting 2015

The 17th Annual Hernia Repair Meeting 2015 is dedicated to current, and future methods of diagnosis and treatment of abdominal wall abnormalities.

Topics

• Update on the treatment of primary and incisional ventral hernias
• Update on the treatment of inguinal hernias
• Management of abdominal wall tumours
• Update on the treatment of parastomal hernias
• Fixation of mesh in abdominal wall surgery
• Topical negative pressure in abdominal wall surgery
• Humanitarian hernia surgery
• Biological mesh in abdominal wall surgery
• Prevention of incisional hernia development
• Abdominal compartment syndrome and treatment of the open abdomen
• Tissue engineering in abdominal wall surgery
• The future of scientific research in hernia surgery
• Genetics of hernia development