Contents -- Preface -- Minimally Invasive Repair of Inguinal Hernias in Children -- Surgical Approach to Parastomal Hernias -- Hernias: Types, Symptoms and Treatment -- Impact of Prophylactic Fundoplication on Survival without Growth Disorder in Left Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernias Requiring a Patch Repair -- Hiatal Hernias: Classification, Pathophysiology and Treatment -- The Applicability, Alternation and Future Research in Laparoscopic Surgery for Pediatric Inguinal Hernias -- Incidence and Risk Factors for an Incisional Hernia after Severe Secondary Peritonitis -- Surgical Approach to Umbilical Hernias: Then and Now -- Eventration Disease of the Abdominal Wall -- Spigelian Hernias -- Index.