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Technique Total Extraperitoneal Patch Plasty (TEP): Standard Technique and Specific Risks

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Laparo-endoscopic Hernia Surgery

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Following the first laparoscopic transabdominal inguinal hernia repair involving the implantation of polypropylene material in the form of a mesh 7 [1] or with plug and mesh 7 [2, 3], the TAPP approach using no additional plugs was established and is now in widespread use 7 [4].

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  1. Academic Teaching Hospital of Charitè Medical School, Vivantes Hospital, Department of Surgery and Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Neue Bergstraße, Berlin, Germany

    Ferdinand Köckerling

  2. Minimal Access, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Max Super Specialty Hospital Saket, New Delhi, India

    Pradeep Chowbey

  3. Minimally Invasive Surgical Centre, YLL School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

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Köckerling, F., Chowbey, P., Lomanto, D., Arregui, M. (2018). Technique Total Extraperitoneal Patch Plasty (TEP): Standard Technique and Specific Risks. In: Bittner, R., Köckerling, F., Fitzgibbons, Jr., R., LeBlanc, K., Mittal, S., Chowbey, P. (eds) Laparo-endoscopic Hernia Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-55493-7_11

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