title: Totally extra-peritoneal repair of inguinal hernia by a glove-balloon: technical innovation.
abstract: Totally extra-peritoneal (TEP) laparoscopic repair of an inguinalhernia involves the creation of an extra-peritoneal space by blunt dissection or the use of commercial balloons. This new technique demonstrates the use of a device to create this extra-peritoneal space, without the need for any commercial balloons. The extra-peritoneal space was created using a glove-balloon. A total of 107 consecutive TEP repairs were carried out using the glove-balloon technique, these included ten bilateral and 17 recurrent inguinal hernias. This method is simple, cost-effective and easy to teach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, King George Hospital, Barley Lane, Goodmayes, Essex. m.ullah1@ntlworld.com
authors.forename: M Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Ullah
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhargava
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jamal-Hanjani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jacob
mesh_terms: D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005932:Gloves, Surgical; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome