title: Single-Port Totally Extraperitoneal Preperitoneal Hernia Repair: Procedure, Tips, and Our Experience.
abstract: Single-port laparoscopic surgery is gaining increased attention because of its superiority in terms of cosmesis. A 1.5 cm vertical transumbilical incision is used for the single port, which is created by the glove method. We began applying single-port surgery to hernia repair in 2010, at which time we used the transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) approach. We began applying the totally extraperitoneal peritoneal (TEP) approach in 2013. Single-port TEP repair is now our standard procedure for inguinal hernia repair, and we consider it to be indicated for all cases of inguinal hernia unless the hernia has occurred during pregnancy, the patient is assigned to American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) class 3/4, or ascites due to liver cirrhosis is present. Provided herein is a step-by-step description of our single glove-port TEP hernia repair procedure, tips that facilitate the procedure, and a brief summary of the 102 cases in which we have performed TEP repair.
authors.affiliation: Department of Digestive Surgery, Tachikawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Noriaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kameyama
authors.affiliation: Department of Digestive Surgery, Tachikawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Norihiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kishida
authors.affiliation: Department of Digestive Surgery, Tachikawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.affiliation: Department of Digestive Surgery, Tachikawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tabuchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Digestive Surgery, Tachikawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshiki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamashita
mesh_terms: D006552:Hernia, Inguinal; D059685:Herniorrhaphy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D010537:Peritoneum