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Single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) for totally extraperitoneal (TEP) inguinal hernia repair: first case

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  1. Department of Surgery, University Hospital Sestre milosrdnice, Vinogradska 29, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Jaksa Filipovic-Cugura, Iva Kirac & Miroslav Bekavac-Beslin

  2. Department of Urology, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kispaticeva 2, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Tomislav Kulis

  3. Department of Surgery, General Hospital Josip Bencevic, Slavonski brod, Croatia

    Josip Jankovic

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Filipovic-Cugura, J., Kirac, I., Kulis, T. et al. Single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) for totally extraperitoneal (TEP) inguinal hernia repair: first case. Surg Endosc 23, 920–921 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-008-0318-x

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