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Complications of the Laparoscopic-Endoscopic Approach in Recurrent Inguinal Hernia Repair

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Incisional Hernia
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Alhough there were isolated reports of laparoscopic repair of small inguinal hernias in the early 1980s, it was not until the laparoscopic revolution in general surgery stimulated by laparoscopic cholecystectomy that additional efforts were directed toward laparocopic hernioplasty. As early as 1989, at the 18th meeting of the American Society of Laparoscopic Gynecologists, Bogojavlensky presented a video demonstrating the laparoscopic repair of a inguinal and femoral hernia. Several basic techniques evolved.

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Schippers, E. (1999). Complications of the Laparoscopic-Endoscopic Approach in Recurrent Inguinal Hernia Repair. In: Schumpelick, V., Kingsnorth, A.N. (eds) Incisional Hernia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60123-1_45

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