The relationship between inguinal hernia and minimally-invasive surgery for prostate cancer: A systematic review of the literature

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-138
Author(s):  
R. Bertolo ◽  
M.C. Mir Maresma ◽  
P. Bove ◽  
J. Rubio-Briones ◽  
M. Ramírez-Backhaus
2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 391-395
Author(s):  
Aditya Manjunath ◽  
Jonathan Peter Mcfarlane ◽  
Jaspal Singh Phull

With an increasing incidence of prostate cancer in the UK, the number of radical prostatectomies carried out is also increasing. In 2014, 13% of men diagnosed with prostate cancer had a radical prostatectomy. Almost half of those were carried out with a robotic assisted approach; the remainder were performed by open surgery, conventional laparoscopy or transperineal prostatectomy. Inguinal hernia post radical prostatectomy is rarely discussed during the consent process but the incidence is estimated to be between 15% and 20%. There is a number of theories as to why this might occur including a weakness in the myopectineal orifice and as a result of opening the endopelvic fascia. In this article we aim to review the evidence for the development of inguinal herniae post radical prostatectomy and to assess whether the advent of minimally invasive surgery has altered this process.


2021 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-377
Author(s):  
Federica Cipriani ◽  
Francesca Ratti ◽  
Guido Fiorentini ◽  
Raffaella Reineke ◽  
Luca Aldrighetti

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