preperitoneally

preperitoneally

English

Etymology

preperitoneal +‎ -ly

Adverb

preperitoneally (not comparable)

1. anterior to the peritoneum
   • 2015, Evangelos P. Misiakos et al., “Current Trends in Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair”, in JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons‎, volume 19, DOI:10.4293/JSLS.2015.00048:

     This technique has been used to cover large aponeurotic gaps, and it carries extremely high recurrence rates. 21, 22 In the extraperitoneal underlay technique, the mesh is placed retromuscularly and preperitoneally, as described by Stoppa in 1989. 8 This technique requires limited soft tissue dissection; therefore, it carries low morbidity and recurrence rates. 22, 23 The intraperitoneal underlay technique was introduced by McCarthy and Twiest 24 in 1981.