Needlescopic totally extraperitoneal hernioplasty for unilateral inguinal hernia in adult patients

WH She, OSH Lo, JKM Fan, JTC Poon, WL Law - Asian Journal of Surgery, 2011 - Elsevier
Objective Totally extraperitoneal (TEP) inguinal hernioplasty for inguinal hernia is
associated with less postoperative pain, shorter hospital stays, less chronic pain, and …

Day-case endoscopic totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernioplasty versus open Lichtenstein hernioplasty for unilateral primary inguinal hernia in males: a randomized …

H Lau, NG Patil, WK Yuen - Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional …, 2006 - Springer
Background Endoscopic totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernioplasty (TEP) is an accepted
technique for the repair of recurrent and bilateral inguinal hernia, but its role in the …

A prospective comparative study of needlescopic and conventional endoscopic extraperitoneal inguinal hernioplasty

H Lau, F Lee - Surgical Endoscopy And Other Interventional …, 2002 - Springer
Background: Needlescopic inguinal hernioplasty has been made feasible with the
miniaturization of instruments and recent advances in laparoscopic surgical technique …

Endoscopic totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernioplasty for recurrence after open repair

H Lau - ANZ journal of surgery, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Whether endoscopic totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernioplasty (TEP) for
recurrent inguinal hernia is as safe and efficacious as that for primary inguinal hernia has …

Outpatient endoscopic totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernioplasty

H Lau - Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical …, 2004 - liebertpub.com
Background: Endoscopic totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernioplasty (TEP) has become an
established treatment for the repair of inguinal hernia but its application as an outpatient …

Learning curve for unilateral endoscopic totally extraperitoneal (TEP) inguinal hernioplasty

H Lau, NG Patil, WK Yuen, F Lee - Surgical Endoscopy and Other …, 2002 - Springer
Background: Performance of endoscopic totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernioplasty (TEP)
requires specialized anatomical knowledge and surgical dexterity. The present study was …

A comparative outcome analysis of bilateral versus unilateral endoscopic extraperitoneal inguinal hernioplastics

H Lau, NG Patil, WK Yuen - Journal of Laparoendoscopic & …, 2003 - liebertpub.com
Background: Bilateral inguinal hernia is an accepted indication for endoscopic totally
extraperitoneal inguinal hernioplasty (TEP), but few studies have proved that the outcomes …

Systematic review and meta‐analysis of clinical trials comparing endoscopic totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernioplasty with open repair of inguinal hernia

H Lau, NG Patil, FCW Lee - Annals of the College of Surgeons …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: Endoscopic totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernioplasty (TEP) has been gaining
in popularity in recent years. However, there has been little data to support the superiority of …

Comparative study of totally extra-peritoneal hernia repair versus open Lichtenstein hernioplasty for the treatment of primary inguinal hernia

Y Kara - Journal of Surgery and Medicine, 2019 - dergipark.org.tr
Aim: There is still controversy over which inguinal hernia repair technique has the best
postoperative results. Totally extra-peritoneal hernia (TEP) repair was compared with …

Two hundred endoscopic extraperitoneal inguinal hernioplasties: cost containment by reusable instruments

H Lau, F Lee, NG Patil, W Yuen - Chinese medical journal, 2002 - mednexus.org
Objective To report our experience of 200 endoscopic totally extraperitoneal inguinal
hernioplasties utilizing reusable instruments. Methods Between August 1999 and June …