Observational studySurgical endoscopy2025
Cranial approach for preperitoneal/pretransversalis enhanced-view totally extraperitoneal (PeTEP) hernia repair: a novel technique description and early outcomes.
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- Preperitoneal extended totally extraperitoneal (PeTEP) repair for ventral hernia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Optimizing robotic approach to ventral hernia repair: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis between preperitoneal versus retromuscular repair.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Beyond acronyms: a domain-based structural analysis of abdominal wall hernia repair techniques in the contemporary literature.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Standardization of the latero-medial preperitoneal/pretransversalis dissection in PeTEP ventral hernia repair: single-center outcomes.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
- Effect of mesh plane on short-term surgical and functional outcomes in ventral hernia repair with associated rectus diastasis.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
- How Reproducible Are Abdominal Wall Surgical Techniques? A Methodological Assessment of Technical Reporting in the Contemporary Literature.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2026Article
- French nationwide monthly online consultation meeting on complex abdominal wall repairs: 4-year assessment of an innovative collaborative decision-making tool.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Article
- Minimally invasive Rives-Stoppa (MIRS) technique: a technique of retromuscular repair of ventral hernias preserving the posterior rectus sheath.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Article
- The TRAPPIST Repair: A Novel TRAnsabdominal PrePeritoneal Intervention for ParaSTomal Hernias - Case Report With Video-Vignette.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2025Article
- Case Report: Combined Preperitoneal Enhanced-View Totally Extraperitoneal (PeTEP) Repair with Intraoperative Fascial Traction after Prehabilitation with Botulinum Toxin A in a Large Congenital Umbilical Hernia.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2025Article
- Totally Extraperitoneal Approach With Preperitoneal Repair for the Treatment of Midline Hernia Defects: A Case Series and Single-Center Experience.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2025Article
- eTEP Access Evolving Variants.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundMinimally invasive techniques are widely used to treat abdominal wall defects. This study describes a cranial approach for performing the total preperitoneal/pretransversalis enhanced-view totally extraperitoneal (PeTEP) technique and presents early outcomes for treating primary ventral hernias (PVH), midline trocar site incisional hernias (IHs), both associated with rectus diastasis, as well as lateral IHs.
methodsAn observational study was conducted from October 2023 to September 2024, identifying cases where the cranial PeTEP technique was employed, using data from a multicentric prospectively maintained database. The cranial approach involved dissection of the preperitoneal fatty rhomboid, extending the dissection across the preperitoneal and transversalis fascial plane to the semilunar lines laterally and the pubis caudally. For lateral defects, the dissection extended beyond the ipsilateral semilunar line, surpassing the lateral edge of the defect.
resultsTwenty-four patients underwent elective endoscopic hernia repair: 62.5% PVH, 29.2% midline IH, and 8.3% lateral IH. The mean defect area was 6.32 ± 6.13 cm
conclusionsThe cranial PeTEP technique was a safe, effective, and reproducible method for repairing PVH and small-medium IHs associated with rectus diastasis in a selected cohort of patients. It facilitated large preperitoneal mesh placement without entering the retromuscular plane and avoided posterior component separation in lateral defects. Larger studies with extended follow-up are needed to confirm these promising results.
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