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Totally extraperitoneal repair of inguinal hernia: techniques and pitfalls of a challenging procedure.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Transinguinal preperitoneal (TIPP) versus minimally invasive inguinal hernia repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Learning curve of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Pooled it
- Bilateral totally extraperitoneal (TEP) repair of the ultrasound-diagnosed asymptomatic contralateral inguinal hernia.Surgical endoscopy · 2018Trial
- Laparoscopic versus open emergency repair for strangulated abdominal wall hernias: a propensity-score-matched retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- Safety of unfixed mesh in laparoscopic total extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Surgery open science · 2023Article
- Female with multiple groin pathologies: inguinal hernia containing fallopian tube, obturator hernia and subcutaneous endometrioma.Journal of surgical case reports · 2023Article
- Totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair in patients with hemophilia and von Willebrand disease. Prospective controlled study.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2021Article
- A delayed diagnosis of obturator hernia hoodwinked by previous laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.Journal of surgical case reports · 2021Article
- The learning curve of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: a comparison of three inexperienced surgeons.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2021Article
- Three-dimensional visualization and measurement of myopectineal orifice in non-inguinal hernia patients.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2020Article
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- Totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair with or without fixation leads to similar results. Outcome of randomized prospective trial.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2020Article
- Telescopic dissection versus balloon dissection for laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair (TEP): a registry-based randomized controlled trial.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2019Article
- Long-term follow-up of endoscopic totally extraperitoneal direct inguinal hernia repair using the Endoloop technique.Surgical endoscopy · 2019Article
- Methodical endoscopic repair of congenital indirect inguinoscrotal hernia in adult male patients with completely patent processus vaginalis.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2017Article
- Learning curve takes 65 repetitions of totally extraperitoneal laparoscopy on inguinal hernias for reduction of operating time and complications.Surgical endoscopy · 2017Article
- Review of 1000 fibrin glue mesh fixation during endoscopic totally extraperitoneal (TEP) inguinal hernia repair.Surgical endoscopy · 2016Article
- Combined open and laparoscopic technique for extraperitoneal mesh repair of large sac inguinal hernias.Surgical endoscopy · 2016Article
- Correspondence: Laparoscopic repair of abdominal wall hernia--"How I do it"--synopsis of a seemingly straightforward technique.BMC surgery · 2015Article
- A preoperative hernia symptom score predicts inguinal hernia anatomy and outcomes after TEP repair.Surgical endoscopy · 2015Article
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Abstract
Inguinal hernia repair is the most common procedure performed worldwide in general surgery. Since the turn of the 21st century, the minimally invasive approach and in particular totally extraperitoneal (TEP) repair has gained in popularity. The concept of the TEP approach combines the advantages of anterior tension-free mesh repair (Lichtenstein repair) and the open preperitoneal approach championed by Stoppa. TEP repair uses a prosthetic mesh significantly bigger than in open herniorrhaphy, offering a complete overlap of the myopectineal orifice. TEP repair is a challenging technique with unfamiliar anatomy, a limited operative field, and long learning curve. This article provides an experienced opinion on the practical aspects of the TEP approach. Some of these steps have already been discussed in the surgical literature, while others are the fruit of a personal expertise grasped over the years with more than 1,000 TEP repairs performed.
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