Laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair: Lessons learned from 3,100 hernia repairs over 15 years

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 482-486

  Dulucq, Jean Louis ^a   Wintringer, Pascal ^a   Mahajna, Ahmad ^a  

^a Hopital Bagatelle   (France)

Author keywords

3 D mesh; Inguinal hernia; Laparoscopic repair; Totally extra peritoneal repair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERITONEUM; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SAFETY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60449090915     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-008-0118-3     Document Type: Article

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