Surg Endosc (2011) 25:27732843

DOI 10.1007/s00464-011-1799-6

GUIDELINES

Guidelines for laparoscopic (TAPP) and endoscopic (TEP)

treatment of inguinal Hernia [International Endohernia
Society (IEHS)]
R. Bittner 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-Pa K. Singh M. Timoney D. Weyhe P. Chowbey

Received: 4 January 2011 / Accepted: 12 May 2011 / Published online: 13 July 2011
The Author(s) 2011. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com

Table of contents
Chapter 2

Introduction
Chapter 1

Perioperative management: what is the

evidence for antibiotic and thromboembolic

Chapter 3

prophylaxis in laparoscopic inguinal hernia

surgery?
Technical key points in transabdominal
preperitoneal patch plasty (TAPP)
Technical key points: total extraperitoneal
patch plasty (TEP) repair

R. Bittner (&)
Hernia Center, Department of General,-Visceral, and Vascular
Surgery, EuromedClinic, Europaallee 1, 90763 Furth, Germany
e-mail: bittnerfamilie@web.de

F. Kockerling
Department of Surgery and Center for Minimally Invasive
Surgery, Vivantes Hospital, Neue Bergstr. 6, 13585 Berlin,
Germany

M. E. Arregui
Advanced GI surgery, Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Ultrasound,
St. Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center, 8402 Harcourt Rd.
Suite 815, Indianapolis, IN 46260, USA

E. Kuhry
Department of Surgery, St Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

T. Bisgaard
Department of Surgery, Kge Hospital, University
of Copenhagen, Kge, Denmark
M. Dudai
Department of Surgery, Elisha Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
G. S. Ferzli  M. Timoney
Department of Surgery, Lutheran Medical Center, SUNY Health
Science Center, Brooklyn, 65 Cromwell Avenue, Staten Island,
NY, USA
R. J. Fitzgibbons
Department of Surgery, Creighton University, 601 North 30th
Street, Suite 3700, Omaha, NE, USA
R. H. Fortelny
Department of General, Visceral and Oncological Surgery,
Wilhelminenspital, 1171 Vienna, Austria
U. Klinge
Surgical Department, University of Aachen, and Institut for
Applied Medical Engineering AME Helmholtz, Pauwelstrasse,
52074 Aachen, Germany

J. Kukleta
General, Visceral, Abdominal Wall Surgery, Klinik Im Park,
Grossmuensterplatz 9, 8001 Zurich, Switzerland
D. Lomanto
Minimally Invasive Surgical Center, KTP Advanced Surgical
Training Center, YYL School of Medicine, National University
Hospital, Kent Ridge Wing 2, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road,
Singapore 119074, Singapore
M. C. Misra
Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery, J P N Apex Trauma
Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Angari Nagar,
New Delhi 110029, India
A. Montgomery
Section of Laparoscopy and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction,
Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Malmo, Malmo
20502, Sweden
S. Morales-Conde
Advanced Laparoscopic Unit of the University Hospital Virgen
del Roco, General, Digestive and Laparoscopic Surgery Unit
of the USP-Sagrado Corazon Clinic, University of Sevilla,
Sevilla, Spain

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