An evidence-based approach for laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: Lessons learned from over 1,000 repairs

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 687-696

  Castorina, Sergio ^a,b   Luca, Tonia ^b   Privitera, Giovanna ^b   El Bernawi, Hussein ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Fondazione Mediterranea GB Morgagni   (Italy)

^c AL ARAB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

inguinal hernia; laparoscopic surgery; TAPP

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMATOMA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINAL REGION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEARNING CURVE; MESH SLING; ORGANOGENESIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREPERITONEAL FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SCROTUM HEMATOMA; SELF REPORT; SEROMA; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TISSUE FLAP; TRANSABDOMINAL PREPERITONEAL HERNIOPLASTY; WORK RESUMPTION;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84864687919     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.22022     Document Type: Review

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