Totally extraperitoneal repair for bilateral inguinal hernia: Does mesh configuration matter?

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1373-1376

  Halm, J A ^a,b   Heisterkamp, J ^a   Boelhouwer, R U ^a   Den Hoed, P T ^a   Weidema, W F ^a  

^a IKAZIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bilateral inguinal hernia; Mesh repairs; Recurrence; Totally extraperitoneal technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 26844512085     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-004-2268-2     Document Type: Review

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