title: Laparoscopic groin hernia surgery: the TAPP procedure. Transabdominal preperitoneal hernia repair.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the technique and results of laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) hernia repair.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case series, with a detailed description of the operative technique.
  
  
  METHODS
  A university affiliated hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  A consecutive series of 554 patients (494 male, 60 female) who underwent laparoscopic hernia repair in a single institution. The mean follow-up was 14 months.
  
  
  METHODS
  Laparoscopic TAPP hernia repair was performed in almost all patients. Simple closure was performed in a patient with a strangulated hernia, and a mesh-based repair was used in a patient with bilateral obturator hernias.
  
  
  METHODS
  Complications and recurrence.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The laparoscopic TAPP repair was successful in 550 of the 554 patients who underwent 632 hernia repairs. conversion was necessary in 4 patients. Complications were infrequent and there were no recurrences. Only 3.4% of patients were lost to follow-up. The most frequent complications were urinary retention (27) and hematoma and seroma (38) in the early postoperative period. Neuralgia (11) and hydrocele (10) also occurred. Mesh infection occurred in only 1 patient and port-site hernias in 3 patients. there was 1 death from an acute myocardial infarction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Laparoscopic TAPP hernia repair is associated with an exceedingly low recurrence rate and an acceptable complication rate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont..
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Litwin
authors.forename: Q N
authors.initials: QN
authors.lastname: Pham
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Oleniuk
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kluftinger
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rossi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012008:Recurrence; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D017792:Surgical Stapling; D016896:Treatment Outcome