Laparoscopic herniorrhaphy versus traditional open repair at a community hospital.
Publication/Presentation Date
8-1-1996
Abstract
Over a 2-year period 157 inguinal hernias in 151 patients were consecutively entered in this descriptive, observational study to determine any difference in outcome between a laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair versus an open inguinal hernia repair in a community hospital setting. The laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal technique was utilized in 50 cases. A conventional open repair was used in 107 cases. There were statistically significant differences when the laparoscopic and open groups were compared for the number of days until driving a car (p < 0.01), the number of days until getting in and out of bed comfortably (p = 0.01), the number of days until working on a limited basis (p = 0.01), and the number of days until working on a full-time basis (p < 0.05), although these differences may be due to confounding factors in this nonrandomized study. The average length of operating time was 72.2 min laparoscopic versus 51.6 min open (p < 0.001). We have shown that laparoscopic inguinal hernia repairs may have benefits over conventional hernia repairs. This may make its use more widespread than it has already become.
Volume
6
Issue
4
First Page
203
Last Page
208
ISSN
1052-3901
Published In/Presented At
Lukaszczyk, J. J., Preletz, R. J., Morrow, G. J., Lange, M. K., Tachovsky, T. J., & Krall, J. M. (1996). Laparoscopic herniorrhaphy versus traditional open repair at a community hospital. Journal of laparoendoscopic surgery, 6(4), 203–208. https://doi.org/10.1089/lps.1996.6.203
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
8877736
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article