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Erratum to: Update of guidelines on laparoscopic (TAPP) and endoscopic (TEP) treatment of inguinal hernia (International Endohernia Society)
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Open AccessUpdate of guidelines on laparoscopic (TAPP) and endoscopic (TEP) treatment of inguinal hernia (International Endohernia Society)
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Open AccessGuidelines for laparoscopic treatment of ventral and incisional abdominal wall hernias (International Endohernia Society [IEHS])—Part 2
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Open AccessGuidelines for laparoscopic treatment of ventral and incisional abdominal wall hernias (International Endohernia Society (IEHS)—Part 1
Guidelines are increasingly determining the decision process in day-to-day clinical work. Guidelines describe the current best possible standard in diagnostics and therapy. They should be developed by an inter...
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Combined laparoscopic and open extraperitoneal approach to scrotal hernias
Laparoscopic repair of scrotal hernias is often a difficult endeavor to successfully complete. The longstanding nature of these hernias often results in significant adhesions and anatomic distortion of the ing...
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Open AccessGuidelines for laparoscopic (TAPP) and endoscopic (TEP) treatment of inguinal Hernia [International Endohernia Society (IEHS)]
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Clinical Improvement After Duodenojejunal Bypass for Nonobese Type 2 Diabetes Despite Minimal Improvement in Glycemic Homeostasis
Glycemic control of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) remains a dilemma to physicians. Although gastric bypass surgery undertaken for morbid obesity has been shown to resolve this disease well, data on the effec...
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The Role of Endoscopic Extraperitoneal Herniorrhaphy: Where Do We Stand in 2005?
Inguinal hernia repair is a common surgical procedure, but the most effective surgical technique remains controversial. The evolution of laparoscopic techniques has allowed reproduction of open preperitoneal r...
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How to Treat Recurrent Inguinal Hernia
The wrong decision on the repair technique for a primary hernia or technical failure is the beginning of the natural history of a recurrence. Despite the development of implants and refinement of surgical tech...
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Treating recurrence after a totally extraperitoneal approach
Background: One of today’s most highly regarded procedures for treating inguinal hernia is the totally extraperitoneal approach (TEP), but it can on occasion lead to recurrence. This is c...
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Totally extraperitoneal (TEP) hernia repair after an original TEP
There are only scant published reports of totally extraperitoneal (TEP) repair of recurrence after a primary TEP procedure. Furthermore, at least two authors have made the statement that such an operation is v...
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Obstructive symptoms associated with the Lap-Band in the first 24 hours
Background: The Lap-Band is a gastric restrictive procedure for the treatment of morbid obesity. We review the etiology of obstructive complications that present in the first postoperativ...
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The routine use of diagnostic laparoscopy in the intensive care unit
Background: Delay in the diagnosis of intraabdominal pathology is a major contributor to the morbidity and mortality of intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Laparoscopy is a valuable diagnostic tool that can be...
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Laparoscopic autopsies
Background: In recent years, autopsy consent rates have fallen nationwide. In our institution they have declined from 15% to 7% in 10 years. We perceived that family reluctance to grant permission for autopsy ...
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Cost effectiveness of routine type and screen testing before laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Background: The aim of this study was to assess the cost effectiveness of routine preoperative blood type and screen testing before laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
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Laparoscopic splenectomy in a Jehovah's Witness with profound anemia
Open surgery in a severely anemic patient may be complicated by a substantial blood loss from a large incision and subsequent poor wound healing secondary to the anemia. We report our success in performing a ...
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A three-trocar technique for limited laparoscopic renal surgery
Laparoscopic renal surgery usually involves the use of five or six trocars. This report concerns the authors' technique for performing such surgery through only three trocars. Semilateral patient positioning, ...
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A simplified approach to laparoscopic fundoplication
Background: There is a certain amount of controversy regarding the need to divide the short gastric vessels (SGV) in laparoscopic fundoplication for treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (...
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Initial experience with breast biopsy utilizing the advanced breast biopsy instrumentation (ABBI)
The Advanced Breast Biopsy Instrumentation (ABBI) system combines a cylindrical single-use biopsy device with digital stereotactic imaging that achieves targeting of radiographic lesions to ± 1 mm. This allow...
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The role of the endoscopic extraperitoneal approach in large inguinal scrotal hernias
The role of endoscopic extraperitoneal herniorrhaphy (EEPH) in the management of giant scrotal hernias has not been well defined, and the technical details relating to operations on such hernias have not been...
