Summary for patients: International guidelines for groin hernia management.

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3. Chronic postsurgical inguinal pain: incidence and diagnostic biomarkers from a large German national claims database.British journal of anaesthesia · 2025
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4. Retrograde puncture for trocar placement for the establishment of the preperitoneal space in laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal repair for groin hernias: 10 years of experience.Surgical endoscopy · 2025
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5. Chronic postoperative inguinal pain (CPIP) after pediatric inguinal hernia repair-a retrospective analysis.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025
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6. Associations between (pharmaco-)genetic markers and postoperative pain after inguinal hernia repair - a prospective study protocol.BMC medical genomics · 2024
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7. Hernia 3D training model: a new inguinal hernia 3D-printed simulator.Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2024
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8. Quality of life assessment of patients after removal of late-onset infected mesh following open tension-free inguinal hernioplasty: 3-year follow-up.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2023
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10. Postoperative urinary leakage after bilateral totally extraperitoneal herniorrhaphy in a patient with a healed cystostomy and appendectomy: A case report.The Journal of international medical research · 2023
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11. Groin Hernia Repair during the COVID-19 Pandemic-A Romanian Nationwide Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023
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12. Laparoscopic total extraperitoneal (TEP) inguinal hernia repair with preperitoneal closed-suction drainage reduced postoperative complications.BMC surgery · 2023
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13. Proctored preceptorship model for learning eTEP repair for inguinal hernia for general surgery residents.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2022
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14. Laparoscopic repair of recurrent inguinal hernia offers similar outcomes and quality of life to primary laparoscopic repair.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2021
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15. Causes of recurrences after open inguinal herniorrhaphy.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2019
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