Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38637338›Full record

ArticleSurgical endoscopy2024

Early results of eTEP access surgery with preperitoneal repair of primary midline ventral hernias and diastasis recti. A 33 patient case series of "PeTEP".

Héctor Alí Valenzuela Alpuche, Francisco Regin Torres, Juan Pablo Saucedo González

Abstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Surgical endoscopy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
10.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Pooled it
  4. Article
  5. Observational
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Observational
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. eTEP Access Evolving Variants.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2025
    Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Falciform Ligament Laparoscopic Approach for Preperitoneal Ventral Hernia Repair.JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Héctor Alí Valenzuela AlpucheGeneral Surgeon, Staff Member at Hospital Ángeles del Carmen Guadalajara, Tarascos 3469 int. 217 condominio profesional del Carmen. colonia Frac. Monraz Guadalajara, Jalisco, CP:44670, Mexico. drvalenzuelaqx@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-5566-108X
Francisco Regin TorresGeneral Surgeon, Staff Member at Hospital Ángeles del Carmen Guadalajara, Tarascos 3469 int. 217 condominio profesional del Carmen. colonia Frac. Monraz Guadalajara, Jalisco, CP:44670, Mexico.
Juan Pablo Saucedo GonzálezGeneral Surgeon, Staff Member at Hospital Ángeles del Carmen Guadalajara, Tarascos 3469 int. 217 condominio profesional del Carmen. colonia Frac. Monraz Guadalajara, Jalisco, CP:44670, Mexico.
Hospital Civil de Guadalajara · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis article aims to share the initial experience of the preperitoneal eTEP approach and its potential benefits in a selected group of patients. The eTEP Rives-Stoppa is a proven minimally invasive surgical technique for the treatment of ventral midline and off-midline hernias that has shown to be a solid, durable, and reproducible repair. The preperitoneal eTEP repair is a surgical technique that brings together the extraperitoneal access surgery with a preperitoneal repair for primary midline hernias avoiding posterior rectus sheath division and preservation of the retrorectus space while being able to treat simultaneous diastasis recti.

methodsThe analysis included 33 patients operated with the preperitoneal eTEP approach from September 2022 to September 2023 in patients with primary small to medium (< 4 cm) midline hernias, single or multiple defects with or without diastasis recti. Age, gender, hernia characteristics, operative time, and surgical site occurrences will be discussed, as well as fine details and landmarks in the operative technique.

results33 consecutive patients were operated, 19 female (57.5%) and 14 males (42.5%) between 32 and 63 years of age, the most common comorbidity found was obesity (BMI > 30). In 70% of the cases, operative time was 90 min ± 25 min. The average hospital stay was one day, while 12 went home the same day, and so far, no reoccurrences have been reported.

conclusionsWe believe the preperitoneal eTEP approach for small to medium primary midline hernias is an effective and solid repair that combines excellent features of proven surgical techniques and eliminates the need for posterior rectus sheath division while saving the retrorectus space, among other benefits that will be discussed. The reproducibility of the technique remains to be proven.

Indexed as

Hernia, VentralHerniorrhaphyAdultAgedFemaleHumansLaparoscopyMaleMiddle AgedOperative TimePeritoneumSurgical MeshTreatment OutcomeeTEP Rives-StoppaHerniaHernia repairPreperitonealRetromuscular

Identifiers

PMID38637338
OpenAlexW4394912719

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.