General anesthesia is needed for laparoscopic repair. Open hernia repair can be done under general, spinal, or local anesthesia. Surgical repair is recommended for inguinal hernias that are causing ...

Indeed, the key for a successful laparoscopic repair relies on ... that is more commonly used in inguinal hernia repairs, and briefly about the Totally Extraperitoneal (TEP) approach for Spigelian ...

One minute it is just discomfort and the next, it is a life-threatening hernia where your gut might be crying for help as the ...

The traditional treatment for hernias has been open surgery with a large incision that allows the surgeon to push the hernia ...

or endoscopic total extraperitoneal (TEP) techniques. A systematic literature search was performed in PubMed, SCOPUS, UpToDate and the Cochrane Library databases. Series reporting laparoscopic repair ...