Prevention & Repair of parastomal hernia

Tuesday, 1 December 2026, 5:40 pm

Salvador Morales Conde

Sevilla, ES

Salvador Morales-Conde frames parastomal hernia management around prevention at the index operation, emphasising meticulous stoma construction and prophylactic mesh in appropriately selected patients. For established parastomal hernias, he advocates a tailored repair strategy based on defect characteristics and patient factors, with techniques designed to reinforce the abdominal wall and minimize recurrence. His main message is to treat prevention and repair as part of a continuum of abdominal wall reconstruction, rather than as isolated stoma-related procedures.

About Salvador Morales Conde

Salvador Morales Conde is the Head of General and Digestive Surgery at Hospital Quirónsalud Sagrado Corazón, as well as the Chief of Innovation in Minimally Invasive Surgery at the University Hospital Virgen del Rocío in Seville, Spain. He has achieved international recognition for his contributions to minimally invasive and abdominal wall surgery, with a particular focus on hernia surgery and complex abdominal wall reconstruction. He has contributed to the literature on parastomal and incisional hernias, including the development of European guidelines on prophylactic measures and the management of established parastomal hernias. In 2025, he was elected President of the European Hernia Society, a position that served to emphasise his role in standardising mesh-based prevention and centralised, technique-driven repair strategies for colorectal surgeons.

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