Laparoscopic completely extraperitoneal repair of inguinal hernia in children: A single-institute experience with 1,257 repairs compared with cut-down herniorrhaphy

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1706-1712

  Endo, Masao ^a   Watanabe, Toshihiko ^a   Nakano, Miwako ^a   Yoshida, Fumiko ^b   Ukiyama, Etsuji ^b  

^a Saitama City Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cut down herniorrhaphy; Extraperitoneal repair; Indirect inguinal hernia; Laparoscopic herniorrhaphy; Laparoscopic repair

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATENT PROCESSUS VAGINALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LIGATION; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PARENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROUND LIGAMENT OF UTERUS; SUTURING METHOD; UTERINE TUBE; VAS DEFERENS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LIGATION; MALE; PARENTS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROUND LIGAMENT; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TESTICULAR HYDROCELE; VAS DEFERENS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349759859     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-008-0300-7     Document Type: Article

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