A novel technique for laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair in children: single-port laparoscopic percutaneous extraperitoneal closure assisted by an optical forceps

Yilmaz E., Afsarlar C. E., Senel E., ÇAVUŞOĞLU Y. H., Karaman I., Karaman A., ...More

PEDIATRIC SURGERY INTERNATIONAL, vol.31, no.7, pp.639-646, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 31 Issue: 7
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00383-015-3722-z
  • Journal Name: PEDIATRIC SURGERY INTERNATIONAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.639-646
  • Keywords: Single-port, Laparoscopy, Inguinal hernia, Children, Optical forceps, Spinal needle, PATENT PROCESSUS-VAGINALIS, EPIDURAL NEEDLE, INTERNAL RING, LIGATION, HERNIORRHAPHY, EXPERIENCE, SURGERY, LASSO
  • Gazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The aim of this study was to describe and report the results of our new pediatric inguinal hernia repair technique, in which single-port laparoscopic percutaneous extraperitoneal closure (SPEC) technique was modified by using optical foreign-body forceps (OFF) of the rigid bronchoscope.