Seroma after TEP, preventable or not? Author's reply

J K M Fan^{1

2}, J W Liu³, H J Kim⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Futian, Shenzhen, China. drfanj@gmail.com.
² Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. drfanj@gmail.com.
³ Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Futian, Shenzhen, China.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

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J K M Fan et al. Hernia. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb;25(1):243-244.

doi: 10.1007/s10029-020-02204-8. Epub 2020 May 13.

J K M Fan^{1

2}, J W Liu³, H J Kim⁴

¹ Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Futian, Shenzhen, China. drfanj@gmail.com.
² Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. drfanj@gmail.com.
³ Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Futian, Shenzhen, China.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

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Does the use of monopolar energy as the preferred mode of dissection effectively reduce seroma formation in laparoscopic total extra peritoneal hernioplasty? A prospective double-blinded randomized control trial.
Liu JW, Chen KJ, Xu XH, Deng Y, Zhang H, Chan FSY, Kim HJ, Fan JKM. Liu JW, et al. Hernia. 2020 Aug;24(4):821-829. doi: 10.1007/s10029-020-02136-3. Epub 2020 Feb 18. Hernia. 2020. PMID: 32072340 Clinical Trial.
Seroma after TEP, preventable or not?
Li J. Li J. Hernia. 2021 Feb;25(1):239-241. doi: 10.1007/s10029-020-02187-6. Epub 2020 Apr 11. Hernia. 2021. PMID: 32279171 No abstract available.

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