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 …

This report describes a laparoscopic procedure for prosthetic repair of inguinal hernias
using an extraperitoneal approach. A total of 51 primary direct and indirect hernias were …

A prospective series of 106 inguinal hernias in 91 patients is studied, comparing two
methods of laparoscopic hernia repair: a transperitoneal technique with preperitoneal …

One hundred twenty-two hernias were repaired in 101 male patients through a total
extraperitoneal approach. Patients ranged from 18 to 78 years old. All repairs were done …

Repair of inguinal hernia is one of the commonest operations performed by surgeons
around the world. The treatment of this common problem has seen an evolution from the …

Abstract Seventy-nine patients (106 repairs) with inguinal hernias underwent laparoscopic
transabdominal preperitoneal hernia repair. The patients included 73 males and 6 females …

As a consequence of the development of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the late 1980s,
diagnostic and therapeutic laparoscopy has now become an integral part of the average …

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the results of a laparoscopic transabdominal
preperitoneal (TAPP) approach to inguinal hernia repair which dissected the entire inguinal …

At the present time laparoscopic herniorrhaphy appears to be successfully performed by
utilizing a preperitoneal approach. The major indications are bilaterals hernia and the …

Background: Several studies have suggested that better results are obtained after
laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernia than after conventional operation. This is most …