Management of Recurrent Inguinal Hernias

Received 2 April 2009; received in revised form 17 July 2009; accepted 17 July 2009. published online 20 August 2009.

Abbreviations and Acronyms: MPO, myopectineal orifice, TAPP, transabdominal preperitoneal, TEP, totally extraperitoneal

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a Department of Surgery, Boston Veterans Affairs Health Care System and Boston University, Boston, MA

b Department of Surgery, Creighton University, Omaha, NE

c Department of Surgery, Michael E DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

d Department of Surgery, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

e Department of Surgery, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center and Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

Correspondence address: Kamal MF Itani, MD, Boston Veterans Affairs Health Care System (112A), 1400 VFW Pkwy, West Roxbury, MA 02132

Disclosure Information: Dr Itani received research support from Lifecell Corporation. Dr Fitzgibbons is a consultant and receives research support from Lifecell Corporation and royalties from Cook Surgical for the Fitzgibbons-Jenkins Multi Purpose Common Bile Duct Catheter. Dr Duh is on the clinical advisory board of Covidien. Dr Awad is a speaker and ad hoc consultant and has received research support from Lifecell Corporation. Dr Ferzli has nothing to disclose.

PII: S1072-7515(09)01149-1

doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.07.015

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