| Title |
A prospective, randomized comparison of long-term outcomes: chronic groin pain and quality of life following totally extraperitoneal (TEP) and transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Surgical Endoscopy, February 2013
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00464-013-2797-7 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Virinder Kumar Bansal, Mahesh C. Misra, Divya Babu, Jonathan Victor, Subodh Kumar, Rajesh Sagar, S. Rajeshwari, Asuri Krishna, Vimi Rewari |
| Abstract |
Data are insufficient to compare transabdominal preperitoneal repair (TAPP) and total extraperitoneal (TEP) techniques of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair. There is very scant data comparing the two techniques in terms of long-term outcomes, which include chronic groin pain, quality of life, and time to return to normal activity. This prospective, randomized, controlled trial compared TEP versus TAPP techniques of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair in terms of these long-term outcomes. |
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| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 75% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
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| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Ecuador | 1 | <1% |
| Thailand | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 175 | 98% |
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| Student > Bachelor | 21 | 12% |
| Researcher | 19 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 17 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 9% |
| Other | 15 | 8% |
| Other | 45 | 25% |
| Unknown | 46 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 91 | 51% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 3% |
| Unspecified | 4 | 2% |
| Neuroscience | 3 | 2% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 18 | 10% |
| Unknown | 55 | 31% |
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