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Practice Guideline
. 2011 Sep;25(9):2773-843.
doi: 10.1007/s00464-011-1799-6. Epub 2011 Jul 13.

Guidelines for laparoscopic (TAPP) and endoscopic (TEP) treatment of inguinal hernia [International Endohernia Society (IEHS)]

R Bittner  1 , M E Arregui, T Bisgaard, M Dudai, G S Ferzli, R J Fitzgibbons, R H Fortelny, U Klinge, F Kockerling, E Kuhry, J Kukleta, D Lomanto, M C Misra, A Montgomery, S Morales-Conde, W Reinpold, J Rosenberg, S Sauerland, C Schug-Pass, K Singh, M Timoney, D Weyhe, P Chowbey
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Guidelines for laparoscopic (TAPP) and endoscopic (TEP) treatment of inguinal hernia [International Endohernia Society (IEHS)]

R Bittner et al. Surg Endosc. 2011 Sep.
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Study design of the prospective comparison of the postoperative quality of life after light mesh, extra light mesh, and heavy mesh implants with TAPP [1]
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Prospective, double blind study to compare the quality of life concerning heavy mesh, extra heavy mesh, and light mesh implants in TAPP [2]
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Long-term study with a 5-year follow-up to compare the quality of life and recurrence rate for smooth heavy mesh (HM), rigid ultra heavy mesh (UHM), and light mesh implants (LM) bei TAPP [3]
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Design of the 2-arm studies to compare the early results 8 weeks postoperatively for heavy versus light mesh implants in TEP technique at bilateral hernia repair [4] and at unilateral recurrent hernias [5]
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Study design of the Agarwal study with 12 months of follow-up [6]
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