Posted by Hernia MD on May 29, 2009, 9:47 pm, in reply to "Re: Lap surgery after other major abdomen surgery"
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Trans abdominal preperitoneal repair. This is simply entering the abdomen the way you would to remove an appendix. The other was is called a TEP (totally extraperitoneal). In this approach the surgeon does not enter the abdominal cavity.
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