Laparoscopic transabdominal pre-peritoneal (TAPP) treatment of inguinal disruption/athletic pubalgia
| Author and year | Number of athletes | Follow-up | Return to sports | Recovery (%) | Complications (n) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingoldby (1997)15 | 14 | – | 4 weeks | 13/14 (93) | 1 |
| Evans (2002)19 | 287 | 4 years | 4 weeks | 258/287 (90) | 4 |
| Kluin et al (2004)20 | 7 | 1 year | 3 weeks | 6/7 (86) | 0 |
| Genitsaris et al (2004)9 | 131 | 5 years | 21 days | 127/131(97) | 4 |
| Ziprin et al (2008)21 | 17 | 24 weeks | 42 days | 16/17 (94) | 0 |
| Lloyd et al (2008)*13 | 48 | 6 months | 28 days | 45/48 (94) | 12 |
| Bernhardt et al (2014)22 | 28 | 94 months | No data | No data | 0 |
| Mann et al (2014)*23 | 73 | 3 months | 4 weeks | 54/73 (74) | 0 |
| Total | 605 | 519/605 (86%) | 21 (3.5%) |
*The operation was laparoscopic TAPP with an inguinal release procedure.