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Trial reportHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery2014

Laparoscopic inguinal hernioplasty after radical prostatectomy: is it safe? Prospective clinical trial.

C M P Claus, J C U Coelho, A C L Campos, A M Cury Filho, M P Loureiro, D Dimbarre, E A Bonin

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Trial report in Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Energy profile of laparoscopic TEP bilateral inguinal hernia repairs.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026
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  10. SIMULTANEOUS LAPAROSCOPIC INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR AND CHOLECYSTECTOMY: DOES IT CAUSE MESH INFECTION?Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery · 2021
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  14. Laparoscopic inguinal hernioplasty after robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2017
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  15. [Inguinal hernia repair in TAPP technique in a day-case surgery setting - at what price?]Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

C M P ClausMinimally Invasive Surgery, Jacques Perissat Institute, Positivo University, R. Comendador Araujo, 143 Cj 113, Curitiba, PR, 80420-000, Brazil, christiano.claus@gmail.com.
J C U Coelho
A C L Campos
A M Cury Filho
M P Loureiro
D Dimbarre
E A Bonin
Universidade Positivo · BRUniversidade Federal do Paraná · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionDespite inguinal hernia repair being one of the most common elective operations performed in general surgical practice, there are many controversies including indications for repair and selection of the surgical technique. In recent years, laparoscopic repair has gained wider acceptance because it is associated with fewer postoperative complications and less chronic pain when compared with conventional approaches with similar recurrence rate. However, patients with lower abdominal surgery are contraindicated for laparoscopic approach. There are few studies that evaluated whether patients who have been subjected to radical prostatectomy might be subjected to laparoscopic hernia repair with the same benefits as those without previous radical prostatectomy.

methodsBetween March 2010 and March 2013, 20 consecutive patients, who had been subjected to prior radical prostatectomy, underwent laparoscopic transabdominal inguinal repair and were followed prospectively. Surgical procedure was performed using a standard technique.

resultsMean operative time was 67.5 min. There was only one (5%) intraoperative minor complication, an injury to the inferior epigastric vessels, which was managed by clipping of the vessels. There were no major postoperative complications. After 24 h and on the seventh postoperative day, 85 and 90% of patients had no pain or only complained of discomfort, respectively. Nine patients (45%) did not need any analgesics postoperatively. The mean time to return to leisure activities and to work was 3.1 and 5.6 days, respectively. There was no conversion to open surgery. All patients were discharged within 24 h. After a mean follow-up of 14 months, none of the patients presented recurrence.

conclusionTAPP after prostatectomy is safe and effective. It seems that patients undergoing laparoscopic repair after radical prostatic resection have the same benefits as those without prostatectomy.

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LaparoscopyProstatectomyAgedAged, 80 and overHernia, InguinalHerniorrhaphyHumansMaleMiddle AgedOperative TimePain MeasurementProspective StudiesTreatment Outcome

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PMID24357238
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