Randomised controlled trial of laparoscopic versus open mesh repair for inguinal hernia: outcome and cost

M Wellwood, J; Sculpher, Mark; L. Stoker, David; J Nicholls, Graham; Geddes, Cathy; Whitehead, Anne; H. Singh, Rameet; J. Spiegelhalter, David

doi:10.1136/bmj.317.7151.103

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Randomised controlled trial of laparoscopic versus open mesh repair for inguinal hernia: outcome and cost

Published in BMJ • Jul 11, 1998

Authors:

J M Wellwood

Mark Sculpher

David L. Stoker

Abstract

Abstract Objective: To compare tension-free open mesh hernioplasty under local anaesthetic with transabdominal preperitoneal laparoscopic hernia repair under general anaesthetic. Design: A randomised controlled trial of 403 patients with inguinal hernias. Setting: Two acute general hospitals in Lond...

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Medicine

Convalescence

Groin

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