In 2008, after treating a bilateral hernia laparoscopically via transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) repair, Wolfgang Reinpold, MD, set his sights on a small epigastric hernia 10 cm above the patient’s umbilicus. Instead of employing the standard open approach, Dr. Reinpold realized he could repair this hernia laparoscopically as well.
“I had the idea to fix the epigastric hernia with a transabdominal sublay approach, just as we do with inguinal hernias, simply by