Laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal versus open preperitoneal mesh repair for inguinal hernia recurrence: A decision analysis based on net health benefits

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2526-2541

  Sgourakis, George ^a   Dedemadi, Georgia ^b   Gockel, Ines ^c   Schmidtmann, Irene ^c   Lanitis, Sophocles ^a   Zaphiriadou, Paraskevi ^a   Papatheodorou, Athanasios ^a   Karaliotas, Constantine ^a  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b AMALIA FLEMING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Incremental cost effectiveness ratio; Nyhus procedure; Quality adjusted life years; Stoppa procedure; TEP

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884901889     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-012-2776-4     Document Type: Article

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