Fully extraperitoneal laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair using conventional mesh versus tailor-made mosquito mesh: a randomized controlled trial from Cameroon.

Essola, Basile;Himpens, Jacques;Limgba, Augustin;Landenne, Jacques;Loi, Patrizia;et.al.
(2021) British Journal of Surgery — Vol. 108, n° 9, p. e294-e295 (2021)

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  • Essola, Basile
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  • Himpens, Jacques
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  • Limgba, Augustin
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  • Landenne, Jacques
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  • Souopgui, Jacoborcid-logoUCLouvain
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(en) DEAR EDITOR, Most surgeons in Africa perform primary closure herniorraphy, to avoid the costs of tension-free mesh hernioplasty. Mesh cost is mitigatable by use of sterilized mosquito mesh, cut to an appropriate size. In open inguinal hernia repair (IHR) mosquito mesh has an established role. [...]
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Essola, B., Himpens, J., Limgba, A., Landenne, J., Tamchom, D. D., Ngaroua, E., Lingier, P., Mboudou, E. T., Souopgui, J., Hermans, M., & Loi, P. (2021). Fully extraperitoneal laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair using conventional mesh versus tailor-made mosquito mesh: a randomized controlled trial from Cameroon. British Journal of Surgery, 108(9), e294-e295. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znab188 (Original work published 2021)