Early results of laparoscopic intraperitoneal onlay mesh repair for inguinal hernia

✍ Scribed by A. C. W. Chan; T. W. Lee; K. W. Ng; S. C. S. Chung; Professor A. K. C. Li

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 226 KB
• Volume: 81
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800811217

✦ Synopsis

Over a 15-month period, 39 patients (37 men) of mean age 52 years underwent laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.

Seven patients had bilateral hernia. Forty-six hernias (33 indirect, five direct, eight both direct and indirect) were repaired. A piece of polypropylene mesh measuring 8 x 10 cm was used to cover the direct and indirect spaces with an endoscopic multifeed hernia stapler. The mean operating time for unilateral and bilateral repair was 49

Transabdominal repair of inguinal hernia is not usually carried out because of the associated morbidity of laparotorny and the success of extraperitoneal repair. With the experience gained from laparoscopic cholecystectomy, transabdominal repair of inguinal hernia is being reviewed in terms of length of convalescence and incidence of recurrence. Early results for the 39 patients who underwent laparoscopic intraperitoneal onlay mesh repair of inguinal hernia are presented.