Laparoscopic total extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair with nonfixation of the mesh for 1,692 hernias

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1241-1245

  Garg, Pankaj ^a,b   Rajagopal, Mahesh ^c   Varghese, Vino ^c   Ismail, Mohamed ^c  

^a Fortis Super Speciality Hospital   (India)

^b Moulana Hospital ^*

^c Moulana Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Hernia; Inguinal hernia; Laparoscopic surgery; Recurrence; Seroma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROMA; URINE RETENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSTHESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68849091367     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-008-0137-0     Document Type: Article

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