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Indirect Inguinal Hernia

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As techniques for laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair have become standardized, the remaining questions center on indications. The case of a young laborer with a clinically significant indirect inguinal hernia has been chosen to highlight some of these issues. Chapter 39 addresses the issue of which laparoscopic technique to use, if an endoscopic repair is chosen, through a slightly different case scenario.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Nate Thepjatri

  2. Division of General Surgery, University of Missouri Health Care, Columbia, MO, USA

    Bruce Ramshaw (Chief)

  3. University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Sathyaprasad C. Burjonrappa (Fellow in Pediatric Surgery)

  4. Department of Surgery, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA

    Robert C. Fitzgibbons Jr. (Harry E. Stuckenhoff Professor, Department of Surgery, Chief of the Division of General Surgery, Associate Chairman)

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Carol E. H. Scott-Conner MD, PhD (Professor) (Professor)

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Thepjatri, N., Ramshaw, B., Burjonrappa, S.C., Fitzgibbons, R.C. (2008). Indirect Inguinal Hernia. In: Scott-Conner, C.E.H. (eds) The SAGES Manual of Strategic Decision Making. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76671-3_38

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