TY - JOUR AU - Piccinni, Giuseppe PY - 2019 TI - Trans abdominal patch plasty for bilateral groin hernia : is it a cost-effectiveness procedure? JF - Laparoscopic Surgery; Vol 3 (April 2019): Laparoscopic Surgery Y2 - 2019 KW - N2 - I really appreciated the Editor’s kind invitation to write a comment about the papers of Ielpo and colleagues. Laparoscopic surgery is nowadays widespread all over the world and we have witnessed a frenetic race for the introduction of new instruments and devices that are able to help surgeons to perform laparoscopic operations. Consequently, this race has increased the costs of a single operation in a geometrical progression pushed by industries. UR - https://ls.amegroups.org/article/view/5065