ArticleSurgical endoscopy2013
Self-gripping mesh versus staple fixation in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: a prospective comparison.
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- No evidence for fixation of mesh in laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) inguinal hernia repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Pooled it
- International guidelines for groin hernia management.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2018Guideline
- Prospective, randomized, controlled trial comparing self-gripping and conventional mesh in laparoscopic totally extra peritoneal inguinal hernia repair.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Trial
- Transabdominal pre-peritoneal hernia repair: risk of operation for recurrence depends on choice of both mesh and fixation device. A study from the Danish Hernia Database.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Article
- Self-gripping mesh in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: A comparative study about surgical time, post-operative pain and recurrence.Journal of minimal access surgery · 2025Article
- A retrospective study of 3D laparoscopy and 2D laparoscopy in transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) for unilateral inguinal hernia in elderly patients.Updates in surgery · 2024Article
- Postoperative pain in transabdominal preperitoneal laparoscopic hernia repair with staple fixation versus self-fixation mesh.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Laparoscopic Removal of an Infected Mesh Following TEP Procedure for Femoral Hernia with Omental Patch Closure of a Peritoneal Defect.The American journal of case reports · 2023Article
- Laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal obturator hernioplasty with self-gripping mesh: A case report with operative video.International journal of surgery case reports · 2021Article
- How I do it: the horizontal-bilateral unfolding method for self-gripping (Progrip™) mesh placement in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 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
- Causes of recurrence in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2018Review
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- Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Using Retrorectus Self-adhering Mesh: A Novel Approach.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2016Article
- Minced Tissue in Compressed Collagen: A Cell-containing Biotransplant for Single-staged Reconstructive Repair.Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2016Article
- Self-gripping mesh versus fibrin glue fixation in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: a randomized prospective clinical trial in young and elderly patients.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2016Article
- Reduction of chronic post-herniotomy pain and recurrence rate. Use of the anatomical self-gripping ProGrip laparoscopic mesh in TAPP hernia repair. Preliminary results of a prospective study.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2015Article
- The use of self-gripping (Progrip™) mesh during laparoscopic total extraperitoneal (TEP) inguinal hernia repair: a prospective feasibility and long-term outcomes study.Surgical endoscopy · 2015Article
- Minimally invasive surgery: a concept already incorporated.Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundTransabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) repair is widely used to treat bilateral or recurrent inguinal hernias. Recently a self-gripping mesh has been introduced into clinical practice. This mesh does not need staple fixation and thus might reduce the incidence of chronic pain. This prospective study aimed to compare two groups of patients with bilateral (BIH) or monolateral (MIH) primary or recurrent inguinal hernia treated with TAPP using either a self-gripping polyester and polylactic acid mesh (SGM) or a polypropylene and poliglecaprone mesh fixed with four titanium staples [standard technique (ST)].
methodsIn this study, 96 patients (mean age, 58 years) with BIH (73 patients with primary and recurrent hernia) or MIH (22 patients with recurrent hernia) underwent a TAPP repair. For 49 patients, the repairs used SGM, and for 46 patients, ST was used. The patients were clinically evaluated 1 week and then 30 days postoperatively. After at least 6 months, a phone interview was conducted. The short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire was administered to all the patients at the 6-month follow-up visit.
resultsThe mean length of the procedure was 83 min in the SGM group and 77.5 min in the ST group. The mean follow-up period was 13.8 months (range 1.3-42.0 months) for the SGM group and 18.2 months (range 1.9-27.1 months) for the ST group. The recurrence rate at the last follow-up visit was 0 % in the SGM group and 2.2 % (1 patient) in the ST group. The incidence of mild chronic pain at the 6-month follow-up visit was 4.1 % in the SGM group and 9.1 % in the ST group, and the incidence of moderate or severe pain was respectively 2.1 and 6.8 %.
conclusionsThe study population was not large enough to obtain statistically significant results. However, the use of SGM for TAPP repairs appeared to give good results in terms of chronic pain, and the incidence of recurrences was not higher than with ST. In our unit, SGM during TAPP repair of inguinal hernias has become the standard.
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