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1. Long-term cost-minimization analysis comparing laparoscopic with open (Lichtenstein) inguinal hernia repair.

Author

Eklund, A., Carlsson, P., Rosenblad, A., Montgomery, A., Bergkvist, L., and Rudberg, C.

Subjects
*MEDICAL care costs, *COST analysis, *INGUINAL hernia, *LAPAROSCOPIC surgery, *RANDOMIZED controlled trials, *HERNIA treatment, *PATIENTS, *THERAPEUTICS, ABDOMINAL wall abnormalities
Abstract

The article presents a study on costs-reduction analysis of laparoscopic with open air inguinal hernia repair. The study conducted a randomized multicentre study to compare totally extraperitoneal laparoscopic repair (TEP) with open air through Lichtenstein procedure on males with primary inguinal hernia and collection of long-term recurrence and complications data. It concludes that total cost in laparoscopic inginual hernia repair was small but have significant increase than with open air.

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2010
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