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Should incidental inguinal hernias be repaired with prosthetic mesh during RALP?

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boxed-textFinley DS et al. (2007) Combined inguinal hernia repair with prosthetic mesh during transperitoneal robot assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: a 4-year experience. J Urol 178: 1296–1299

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