Is a dissection balloon beneficial in totally extraperitoneal endoscopic hernioplasty (TEP)?
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- 1 May 2001
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Springer Nature in Surgical Endoscopy
- Vol. 15 (3) , 266-270
Abstract
Laparoscopic hernioplasty has been criticized because of its technical complexity and increased costs. Disposable dissection balloons can be used to facilitate the creation of the initial working space in totally extraperitoneal endoscopic hernioplasty (TEP), but their use adds to the cost of the operation.Keywords
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