Part One a€“ Overview

1. Laparoscopic General Surgery

2. Technical and Instrumentation Aspects of Laparoscopic Hernia Surgery

3. Prosthetic Biomaterials for hernioplasty

4. Fixation devices for laparoscopic hernioplasty
Part Two a€“ Laparoscopic Inguinal/Femoral Hernioplasty

5. History

6. Anatomy and physiology

7. Intraperitoneal onlay mesh approach

8. Transabdominal pre-peritoneal approach

9. Totally extraperitoneal approach

10. Femoral and pelvic herniorraphy

11. Results of laparoscopic inguinal/femoral hernia repair

12. Complications and their management
Part Three a€“ Laparoscopic incisional and ventral hernioplasty

13. History

14. Anatomy and physiology

15. Laparoscopic repair in the emergent setting

16. Herniorraphy with the use of transfascial sutures

17. Pre-peritoneal herniorraphy

18. Hernioplasty with the a€œdouble-crowna€ technique

19. Paracstomal hernia repair

20. Lumbar hernia and "denervation" hernia repair

21. Results of laparoscopic incisional and ventral hernia repair

22. Complications and their management
Part Four a€“ Laparoscopic treatment of diaphragmatic herniation

23. History

24. Anatomy and physiology

25. Preoperative evaluation

26. Gastroesophageal reflux disease

27. Para-esophageal hernias

28. Traumatic and unusual herniation

29. Etiology of recurrent gastroesophageal reflux disease

30. Reoperation for recurrent gastroesophageal reflux disease

31. Results of laparoscopic treatment of hiatal hernias

32. Complications and their management
Part Five a€“ Laparoscopy in the pediatric hernia patient

33. History

34. Anatomy and physiology

35. Diaghramatic herniation

36. Complications and their management
Part Six a€“ Future considerations

37. Robotics and hernia surgery

38. Socioeconomic issues