Totally endoscopic extraperitoneal (TEP) treatment of inguinal disruption
| Author and year | Number of athletes | Follow-up | Return to sports | Recovery (%) | Complications (n) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azurin et al (1997)16 | 8 | 34 months | 3 weeks | 8/8 (100) | 0 |
| Srinivasan and Schuricht (2002)24 | 15 | 80 months | 4 weeks | 14/15 (93) | 0 |
| Paajanen et al (2004)8 | 41 | 4 years | 30 days | 39/41 (95) | 0 |
| Kluin et al (2004)20 | 7 | 1 year | 3 weeks | 6/7 (86) | 0 |
| Susmallian et al (2004)17 | 35 | 26 months | – | 34/35 (97) | 0 |
| Edelman and Selesnick (2006)25 | 10 | 1 year | 4 weeks | 8/10 (80) | 0 |
| van Veen et al (2007)26 | 55 | 3 months | 3 months | 55/55 (100) | 1 |
| Jain et al (2010)27 | 1 | 1 year | 12 weeks | 1/1 (100) | 0 |
| Rossidis et al (2014)28* | 54 | 18 months | 24 days | 54/54 (100) | 3 |
| Wikiel and Eid (2014)29† | 40 | – | – | – | – |
| TEP in total | 266 | 219/226 (97%) | 4 (1.8%) |
*All patients (n=54) had simultaneous adductor tenotomy.
†Describes only surgical findings observed at laparoscopy but not results.