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ArticleHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery2022

Laparoscopic posterior cruroplasty: a patient tailored approach.

A Aiolfi, M Cavalli, G Saino, A Sozzi, G Bonitta, G Micheletto, G Campanelli, D Bona

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Article in Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Efficacy and safety of mesh reinforced cruroplasty with Phasix™ ST vs. Bio-AHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026
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  11. Comment on "Laparoscopic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair: to Mesh or Not to Mesh".Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches · 2023
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  12. Comment to: Laparoscopic posterior cruroplasty: a patient tailored approach.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2023
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  15. Medium-term safety and efficacy profile of paraesophageal hernia repair with Phasix-STHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2022
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8 authors.

A AiolfiDepartment of Biomedical Science for Health, Division of General Surgery, University of Milan, Istitituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Via Luigi Giuseppe Faravelli, 16, 20149, Milan, Italy. alberto.aiolfi86@gmail.com.
M CavalliDepartment of Surgery, University of Insubria, Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Milano, Italy.
G SainoDepartment of Biomedical Science for Health, Division of General Surgery, University of Milan, Istitituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Via Luigi Giuseppe Faravelli, 16, 20149, Milan, Italy.
A SozziDepartment of Biomedical Science for Health, Division of General Surgery, University of Milan, Istitituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Via Luigi Giuseppe Faravelli, 16, 20149, Milan, Italy.
G BonittaDepartment of Biomedical Science for Health, Division of General Surgery, University of Milan, Istitituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Via Luigi Giuseppe Faravelli, 16, 20149, Milan, Italy.
G MichelettoDepartment of Pathophysiology and Transplantation INCO and General Surgery, University of Milan, Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Italy.
G CampanelliDepartment of Surgery, University of Insubria, Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Milano, Italy.
D BonaDepartment of Biomedical Science for Health, Division of General Surgery, University of Milan, Istitituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Via Luigi Giuseppe Faravelli, 16, 20149, Milan, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDifferent surgical variations have been described for laparoscopic crural repair however, the technique is not standardized and left to the surgeons' preference.

objectiveThe purpose of this study is to describe a standardized "patient tailored" approach for laparoscopic posterior cruroplasty in the setting of elective hiatal hernia repair.

methodsRetrospective single-center study was conducted (November 2015 to November 2019). The technical aspects of a standardized "patient tailored" laparoscopic posterior crural repair are described. Perioperative outcomes and patients' quality of life, measured with the disease specific Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease Health-Related Quality of Life (GERD-HRQL) and generic Short Form-36 (SF-36), were analyzed.

resultsOne hundred and forty-one patients were treated for symptomatic hiatal hernia according to the described "patient tailored" concept. Overall, 102 (72.3%) patients underwent simple suture repair while simple suture repair buttressed with biosynthetic resorbable U shaped mesh [Phasix ST

conclusionThe application of a standardized "patient tailored" concept for laparoscopic posterior cruroplasty seems safe and effective in the medium-term follow-up with promising perioperative outcomes and quality of life improvement. This approach may be valuable to assure procedure reproducibility, standardization, and to uniformly interpret the outcomes.

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Gastroesophageal RefluxHernia, HiatalLaparoscopyFundoplicationHerniorrhaphyHumansQuality of LifeRecurrenceReproducibility of ResultsRetrospective StudiesSurgical MeshEsophageal cruraGastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)Hiatus hernia“Patient tailored”Recurrence

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