Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Reply

  • Letter to the editor
  • Published:
Surgical Endoscopy And Other Interventional Techniques Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Neumayer L, Giobbie-Hurder A, Jonasson O, Fitzgibbons R, Dunlop D, Gibbs J, Reda D, Henderson W, for the Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program 456 Investigators (2004) Open mesh versus laparoscopic mesh repair of inguinal hernia. N Engl J Med 350: 1819–1827

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Schwaitzberg SD, Jones DB, Grunwaldt L, Rattner DW (2005) Laparoscopic hernia in the light of the Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study #456: more rigorous studies are needed. Surg Endosc 19: 1288–1289

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Clinical Outcomes of Surgical Therapy Study Group (2004) A comparison of laparoscopically assisted and open colectomy for colon cancer. N Engl J Med 350: 2050–2059

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Neumayer L, Jonasson O, Fitzgibbons RJ, Henderson W, Gibbs JO, Carrico CJ, Itani K, Kim L, Pappas T, Reda D, Dunlop D, McCarthy M, Hynes D, Giobbie-Hurder A, London MJ, Hatton-Ward S (2003) Tension-free inguinal hernia repair: the design of a trial to compare open and laparoscopic surgical techniques. J Am Coll Surg 196: 743–752

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Wilkemeyer M, Pappas TN, Giobbie-Hurder A, Itani K, Jonasson O, Neumayer LA (2005) Does resident post graduate year influence the outcomes of inguinal hernia repair? Ann Surg 241: 879–884

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Neumayer LA, Gawande AA, Wang J, Giobbie-Hurder A, Itani KM, Fitzgibbons RJ, Reda D, Jonasson O, CSP #456 Investigators (2005) Proficiency of surgeons in inguinal hernia repair: effect of experience and age. Ann Surg 242: 344–348; discussion 348–352

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT, 84101, United States

    L. Neumayer

Authors
  1. L. Neumayer
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to L. Neumayer.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Neumayer, L. Reply. Surg Endosc 20, 1144–1145 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-006-0062-z

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-006-0062-z

Keywords

Search

Navigation