Clinical Challenges in Hernia Surgery: Loss of Domain
Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast
Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Hosts:
- Sullivan "Sully" Ayuso, MD - PGY4 General Surgery Resident, sullivan.ayuso@gmail.com, Carolinas Medical Center
- Monica Polcz, MD - Clinical Fellow (PGY-8) in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, monica.polcz@atriumhealth.org, Carolinas Medical Center
- Vedra Augenstein, MD FACS - Associate Professor of Surgery (11 years in practice), vedra.augenstein@gmail.com, Carolinas Medical Center B
- Todd Heniford, MD FACS - Professor of Surgery (25 years in practice), todd.heniford@gmail.com, Carolinas Medical Center
Links to articles:
- Katzen et al, Open Preperitoneal Ventral Hernia Repair: Prospective Observational Study of Quality Improvement Outcomes over 18 Years and 1,842 patients, Surgery, 2022
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36280505/
- Bernardi et al, Primary Fascial Closure During Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair Improves Patient Quality of Life: A Multicenter, Blinded Randomized Trial, Ann Surg, 2020
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31365365/
- Deerenberg et al, The Effects of Preoperative Botulinum Toxin A on Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, J Surg Res, 2021
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33360691/
- Bueno-Lledó, Preoperative Progressive Pneumoperitoneum and Botulinum Toxin A in Patients with Large Incisional Hernia, Hernia, 2017
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28124308/
- Maloney et al, Twelve Years of Component Separation Technique in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, Surgery, 2021
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31358348/
- Ayuso et al, Delayed Primary Closure (DPC) of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissues Following Complex, Contaminated Abdominal Wall Reconstruction (AWR): A Propensity-Matched Study, Surg Endo, 2022
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34018046/
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Behind the Night, the surgery podcast, relevant and engaging content designed to help you dominate the day. |
| 0:22.0 | Welcome to another episode of Behind the Knife. |
| 0:25.0 | I'm proud to say that this is the first episode from the Herneia content team at Carolina's Medical Center. |
| 0:30.0 | So we will start with brief introductions. |
| 0:33.0 | First, we will introduce the most senior member of our team, Dr. Haniford. |
| 0:37.0 | Hi, this is Dr. Todd Haniford. |
| 0:40.0 | I have been at the Carolina's Medical Center now for almost 25 years. |
| 0:43.0 | We began our Herneia program officially in 2004 and have worked hard through the last 20 years or so. |
| 0:52.0 | And I guess propagating abdominal reconstruction and training fellows. |
| 0:57.0 | And next is the newly appointed Professor of Surgery, Dr. Vedrogensstein, Dr. Argonstein. |
| 1:02.0 | We're really glad to have you. |
| 1:04.0 | Thanks, Sally. I'm Vedrogensstein. |
| 1:06.0 | I actually did my fellowship here at Carolina's in 2010. |
| 1:10.0 | So if you do the math, I've been here for about 13 years now. |
| 1:14.0 | And basically was very interested in minimally invasive surgery. |
| 1:18.0 | Didn't know a lot about Herneia's, but then learned a lot about them and fellowship. |
| 1:22.0 | And really enjoyed doing them now. |
| 1:24.0 | Wonderful and current GI and MIS fellow Dr. Monica Poltz. |
| 1:29.0 | Thanks, Sally. Monica Poltz. |
| 1:31.0 | I'm the current fellow at the Carolina's Medical Center. |
| 1:34.0 | I've had a fantastic time learning more about complex abdominal wall reconstruction |
| 1:38.0 | and taking care of these patients. |
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