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Brian P. Jacob, David C. Chen, Bruce Ramshaw, Shirin Towfigh (eds.) - The SAGES Manual of Groin Pain-Springer International Publishing (2016)

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29. Prevention <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pain</strong>: Optimizing<br />

the Laparoscopic TEP and TAPP<br />

Techniques<br />

Jorge Daes<br />

Introduction<br />

We have known for a long time that fast and accurate surgery is<br />

associated with good postoperative outcomes, including relatively low<br />

levels <strong>of</strong> postoperative pain. However, it is difficult to determine the<br />

precise maneuvers that affect outcome. This is especially true in the<br />

field <strong>of</strong> inguinal hernia surgery , where there is a wide variation <strong>of</strong><br />

techniques among surgeons, and data about different techniques show<br />

conflicting results.<br />

It was previously hoped that meta-analyses would answer most <strong>of</strong> our<br />

questions about optimal surgical techniques, but such analyses are<br />

limited by lack <strong>of</strong> methodological rigor in studies and by the fact that<br />

biological systems (as well as social and economic systems) are complex<br />

and cannot be completely understood by the usual methods <strong>of</strong> sta-<br />

© <strong>Springer</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Publishing</strong> Switzerland <strong>2016</strong><br />

B.P. <strong>Jacob</strong> et al. (<strong>eds</strong>.), <strong>The</strong> <strong>SAGES</strong> <strong>Manual</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Groin</strong> <strong>Pain</strong>,<br />

DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-21587-7_29<br />

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