ArticleAmerican journal of surgery2012
Trends in the utilization of inguinal hernia repair techniques: a population-based study.
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- Comparison of balloon dissection and telescopic dissection of the preperitoneal space in laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal hernia repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2023Pooled it
- International guidelines for groin hernia management.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2018Guideline
- The role of the laparoendoscopic single site totally extraperitoneal approach to inguinal hernia repairs: a review and meta-analysis of the literature.Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie · 2014Pooled it
- Open versus laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair in patients with obesity: a NSQIP propensity-matched analysis of 59,943 elective, emergency, and recurrent cases.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
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- Cyanoacrylate mesh fixation for laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: a prospective, multicenter, single-arm study.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
- Nationwide analysis of open groin hernia repairs in Italy from 2015 to 2020.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2023Article
- Trends and predictors of laparoscopic bilateral inguinal hernia repair in Spain: a population-based study.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
- Utilization of laparoscopic and open inguinal hernia repair at a large hernia center in China: a single-center observational study.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Observational
- Learning curve of robotic-assisted transabdominal preperitoneal repair (rTAPP) for inguinal hernias.Surgical endoscopy · 2021Article
- Inguinal hernia repair in Spain. A population-based study of 263,283 patients: factors associated with the choice of laparoscopic approach.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2021Article
- Emergency department overutilization following cholecystectomy and inguinal hernia repair.Surgical endoscopy · 2021Article
- Review of Ilioinguinal Nerve Blocks for Ilioinguinal Neuralgia Post Hernia Surgery.Current pain and headache reports · 2020Review
- Current state of robotic use in inguinal hernia repair: a survey of minimally invasive hernia surgeons.Updates in surgery · 2020Article
- Mechanisms of age and race differences in receiving minimally invasive inguinal hernia repair.Surgical endoscopy · 2019Article
- SYSTEMIZATION OF LAPAROSCOPIC INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR (TAPP) BASED ON A NEW ANATOMICAL CONCEPT: INVERTED Y AND FIVE TRIANGLES.Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery · 2019Article
- Surgeon utilization of minimally invasive techniques for inguinal hernia repair: a population-based study.Surgical endoscopy · 2019Article
- Does peritoneal flap closure technique following transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) inguinal hernia repair make a difference in postoperative pain? A long-term quality of life comparison.Surgical endoscopy · 2017Article
- Chronic inguinal pain after laparoscopic intraperitoneal onlay mesh (IPOM) repair for inguinal hernia treated successfully with laparoscopic selective neurectomy: A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2017Article
- A survey of general surgeons regarding laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: practice patterns, barriers, and educational needs.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe use of inguinal hernia repair techniques in the community setting is poorly understood.
methodsA retrospective review of all inguinal hernia repairs performed on adult residents of Olmsted County, MN, from 1989 to 2008 was performed through the Rochester Epidemiology Project.
resultsA total of 4,433 inguinal hernia repairs among 3,489 individuals were reviewed. Non-mesh-based repairs predominated in the late 1980s (94% in 1989), declined throughout the 1990s (40% in 1996), and are rarely used nowadays (4% in 2008). Open mesh-based repairs comprised 21% in 1990, peaked in 2001 with 72%, and declined to 55% in 2008. The adoption of laparoscopic repairs began in 1992 (6%) and has increased steadily to 41% in 2008 (P < .001).
conclusionsAlthough non-mesh-based repairs, once the predominant method, have been supplanted by open mesh-based techniques, nowadays the use of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair techniques has increased substantially to nearly equal that of open mesh-based techniques.
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