Bilateral total extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair (TEP) has outcomes similar to those for unilateral TEP: Population-based analysis of prospective data of 6,505 patients

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1364-1368

  Gass, Markus ^a   Rosella, Laura ^b   Banz, Vanessa ^a   Candinas, Daniel ^a   Güller, Ulrich ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bilateral vs. unilateral inguinal hernia repair; Inguinal hernia; Population based analysis; TEP; Total extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS SCORE; ARTICLE; BILATERAL TOTAL EXTRAPERITONEAL INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNILATERAL TOTAL EXTRAPERITONEAL INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR;

EID: 84863504678     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-011-2040-3     Document Type: Article

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