Laparoscopic surgery for inguinal hernia repair
This is an extract from the guidance and may be misleading if read alone. The complete guidance is available at guidance.nice.org.uk/ta83
Important information about this guidance
This guidance replaces 'Laparoscopic surgery for hernia' (NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance 18) issued in January 2001.
The Institute reviews each piece of guidance it issues.
The review and re-appraisal of the use of laparoscopic surgery for inguinal hernia repair has resulted in changes in the guidance. Specifically there has been:
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a recommendation that laparoscopic surgery is one of the treatment options for the repair of inguinal hernia
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a recommendation that patients should be fully informed of all the risks and benefits of open and laparoscopic surgery by either the TAPP or TEP approaches, to enable them to choose between the procedures.