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Objective To sum up the experience of performing a laparoscope-assisted hemiorrhaphy for huge ventral hernia through small incision.Methods Clinical data were retrospectively analyzed for 18 cases of huge ventral hernia admitted from Jan 2009 to Sept 2009 undergoing laparoscope- assisted hernia mpair through small incision.Data renewed including the operational duration,missed hernia,length of the incision,serumal cyst,the length of hospital stay,chronic pain and the recidivation.Results Surgery was successful in all of the 18 cases,the operational time was(129±19) main,the length of the incision was(5.6±1.0) cm.Missed hemia were identified in 3 cases during the operation.One case:suffered from postoperative serumal cyst,the postoperative length of hospital stay was(5.1±1.2) days,postoperative incisional pain lasting for more than 3 months was identified in 1 case,there was no incisional infection and nor injury to intraabdominal organs,there was no operative mortahty,all the cases were followed-up for(8.6 ±1.6)months and there was no recidivation.Conclusions The laparoscope hemia repair with the subsidiary of micro-incision is effective and safe,and it reshapes the abdominal wall.