The Joy of Hernia Surgery

Well today was one of those great teaching days in the OR. I had two inguinal hernia repairs booked. The first turned out to be a very difficult and large direct hernia. I showed the resident I was teaching how to use the Prolene hernia system and described and demonstrated the myopectinate orifice concept. Next we moved on to another interesting case. The next one turned out to be a slider with a portion of the hernia sac incorporating the colon. Lots of good teaching for this one. One the second case also had a student present who really enjoyed the case and the demonstration of the anatomy. All my best. JTE