Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine if laparoscopic inguinal herniorrhaphy
represents a viable alternative to the conventional repair and to assess whether a …

Background. The effectiveness of laparoscopic herniorrhaphy, the patient outcome, and
technical aspects have been controversial. We have performed 450 consecutive …

Objective: To determine whether transabdominal preperitoneal laparoscopic hernia repair
can equal or surpass an established open method at an acceptable cost. Design: A …

Anterior inguinal hernia repair is the second-most-commonly performed abdominal
operation and has been associated with low morbidity and mortality rates. The principle of …

Background There are a variety of accepted techniques for herniorrhaphy. With the advent of
laparoscopic general surgery, new endoscopic techniques using the transabdominal and …

Objective: To compare results and outcomes following laparoscopic and tension-free open
inguinal herniorrhaphy. Design: A prospective, nonrandomized trial of a single surgeon's …

Background Despite numerous attempts to improve the techniques used for hernia repair,
current published series show that recurrence rates are as high as 5–20%. The complexity …

Between Mar. 13 and Sept. 16, 1991, the authors performed 10 inguinal herniorrhaphies
laparoscopically. Two patients with a type II hernia (indirect with dilated internal ring but …

BACKGROUND: To compare laparoscopic onlay hernia repair with conventional surgery, 61
patients were randomized to either open or laparoscopic surgery. METHODS: Traditional …

Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair could represent an attractive alternative to conventional
inguinal herniorrhaphy if it can be shown to result in less perioperative morbidity (primarily …