Impact of age on groin hernia profiles observed during laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal hernia repair
Background How increasing age affects the characteristics of groin hernia remains uncertain. This study evaluated the association between age and the type of groin hernia, especially with respect to its multiplicity, observed during laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) hernia repair. Met...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Surgical endoscopy 2019-08, Vol.33 (8), p.2602-2611 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Background
How increasing age affects the characteristics of groin hernia remains uncertain. This study evaluated the association between age and the type of groin hernia, especially with respect to its multiplicity, observed during laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) hernia repair.
Methods
We retrospectively evaluated 634 consecutive patients with primary gr
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in hernia who underwent laparoscopic TAPP repair between October 2000 and June 2017. Patients were stratified into 4 age groups: |
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ISSN: | 0930-2794 1432-2218 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00464-018-6556-7 |