**Meet the editor**

Dr. Arshad Malik graduated from the Liaquat Medical College, Jamshoro, Pakistan, in 1985. After many years of academic struggle, he has finally chosen his career in General Surgery. He joined the surgical training under the dynamic supervision of Professor Jan Muhammad Memon (FRCS) and did his fellowship in General Surgery from the College of Physicians and Surgeons,

Pakistan, in 1997. He also started doing laparoscopic surgery and developed an especial interest in medical writing. He has authored 48 scientific publications in various national and international journals. He has presented his scientific work in general and laparoscopic surgical meetings all over the world. His scientific contribution has always been praised and well-received by the experts in this field. He is presently working as an Associate Professor of Surgery at the College of Medicine, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia wherein he is supervising student research projects as a guide and mentor. He is a reviewer of many reputed journals and an Editor of the International Journal of Health Sciences. He is also associated with Intech publishers as an author as well as an editor. He has edited four books so far and contributed four chapters of very significant impact. His main interests are hernia, biliary surgery, thyroid surgery, and abdominal and chest trauma.

This book is intended for the undergraduates and postgraduates alike who are inspiring hernia surgeons. The book contains the recent advances in the operative techniques in hernia surgery and is likely to benefit the laparoscopic surgeons all around.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Section 2 Global Collaboration 7**

Florina Popa

**Section 3 Recent Advances 23**

Manish Kumar Gupta

**Hernia Repair 41**

**Section 1 A Brief Note on Hernia Surgery 1**

**Developing World 3** Arshad M. Malik

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: Hernia Surgery and the**

Chapter 3 **"555 Manish Technique" for Mini TEP Repair 25**

Chapter 5 **Hybrid Technique for Incisional Hernias 61** Monika Romanowska and Jacek Pawlak

**and Current Results 73**

Chapter 2 **International Surgical Collaboration in Hernia Repair for the Benefit of the Patients: Things We Must Do 9**

Chapter 4 **All-in-One Mesh Hernioplasty: A New Procedure for Inguinal**

Chiarelli, Valentina Riggio and Francesco Gabrielli

Chapter 6 **Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair: Technical Details, Pitfalls**

Angelo Guttadauro, Matteo Maternini, Nicoletta Pecora, Marco

Fatih Altintoprak, Emrah Akin, Kemal Gundogdu and Enis Dikicier
