TY - JOUR
AU - Burke, M
AB - British Journal of Surgery 1995,82,712-716 Correspondence Cooper’s ligament, and counter-pressure with the surgeon’s left Early results of laparoscopic intraperitoneal onlay hand should be applied when stapling on to the abdominal wall. mesh repair for inguinal hernia The size of staples we used is 5.3mmX3.7mm after closure (Endoscopic Multifeed Stapler, Ethicon, Somerville, USA). In our experience with this technique the staples anchor the mesh Sir securely. Both our recurrence occurred in patients with direct We read with interest the early results described by Mr Chan hernias. We feel that a 10 cm X 8 cm mesh is adequate, and the and colleagues (Br J Surg 1994; 81: 1761-2) and would like to type of hernia had more bearing on recurrence than the size of make four comments regarding these results and the conclusions the mesh. Like Mr Brough and his colleagues we were concerned drawn. We take issue with the onlay method and dispute the ability of about adhesion on to the mesh, with or without peritoneal cover. To date, none of our patients has developed intestinal the staple to penetrate both the mesh and peritoneum, and fix into the pubic tubercle or Cooper’s ligament. The staple size is obstruction. 
TI - Intraoperative assessment of nodal status in the selection of patients with breast cancer for axillary clearance
JO - British Journal of Surgery
DO - 10.1002/bjs.1800820542
DA - 1995-05-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/intraoperative-assessment-of-nodal-status-in-the-selection-of-patients-U0BmbYSAqh
SP - 712
EP - 714
VL - 82
IS - 5
DP - DeepDyve
ER -