ArticleSurgery today2022
Long-term outcomes of single-incision versus multiport laparoscopic totally extra-peritoneal inguinal hernia repair: a single-institution experience of 186 consecutive cases.
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- Single-port versus multi-port laparoscopic totally Extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair: a systematic review and Meta-analysis of postoperative outcomes.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Single-port versus multi-port laparoscopic and robotic inguinal hernia repair: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Pooled it
- Meta‑analysis of single-incision laparoscopic versus multi-trocar laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair.Updates in surgery · 2023Pooled it
- The learning curve for single-incision laparoscopic colectomy for colon cancer: succession of surgical techniques for novice surgeons.Surgery today · 2025Article
- Single incision laparoscopic totally preperitoneal hernioplasty (SIL-TPP) for bilateral inguinal hernia repair: initial experience.BMC surgery · 2024Article
- Potential applications of single-incision laparoscopic totally preperitoneal hernioplasty.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2024Article
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- Laparoendoscopic Single-Site Inguinal Herniorrhaphy: Experience of a Single Institute.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeThis retrospective study was conducted to compare the long-term outcomes of single-incision totally extraperitoneal (S-TEP) inguinal hernia repair and conventional multiport totally extraperitoneal (M-TEP) inguinal hernia repair.
methodsThe study population included 186 consecutive patients (S-TEP, n = 149; M-TEP, n = 37) who underwent elective surgery for inguinal hernia at Osaka Police Hospital between 2011 and 2013.
resultsNo significant between-group difference was found in patient or hernia characteristics or in perioperative outcomes, with the exception of age (S-TEP group vs. M-TEP group: median 69 [IQR 60-75] years vs. 64 [55-69] years, respectively; P = 0.019). Furthermore, no significant between-group difference was found in follow-up time (5.5 [3.0-5.8] vs. 5.4 [3.1-5.7] years, P = 0.839), recurrence rate (0.6 vs. 2.4%, P = 0.358), chronic pain (1.2 vs. 0%, P = 1.000), feeling the mesh (2.3 vs. 7.1%, P = 0.142), or movement limitation (0.6 vs. 0%, P = 1.000). All chronic symptoms were "mild but not bothersome." A metachronous contralateral inguinal hernia developed in 8.1% of patients.
conclusionThe long-term outcomes of S-TEP repair were comparable to those of M-TEP, with rates of recurrence, chronic pain, feeling the mesh, and movement limitation falling within acceptable limits.
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