| Summary: | Endolaparoscopic inguinal hernia repair is the preferred modality of repair today. Most inguinal and pelvic hernias are suitable for repair with minimal access techniques. These include hernias encountered in a wide variety of clinical settings such as sliding hernias, irreducible hernias, obstructed hernias, femoral and obturator hernias. The teaching videos under this series of videos on endolaparoscopic inguinal hernia repair demonstrate the surgical approach and operative steps for hernia repair in diverse clinical scenarios. This video on totally extraperitoneal (TEP) repair for a bilateral Type 1 obturator hernia demonstrates the advantage of the endoscopic pre-peritoneal approach in exposing the various potential sites of common and rare groin and pelvic hernias in the myopectineal orifice. The procedure is divided into specific steps and highlights the dissection of the region with sites of potential rare hernias such as the obturator hernia. The video comprises several segments, each segment consisting of one step of the surgical procedure. The essential take home messages comprise the last segment. This video serves as a valuable learning resource to surgeons interested in endolaparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.
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