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Objective To conduct a comparative study on postoperative complications and patients′quali-ty of life between tension-free inguinal hernia repair with mesh plug(Rutkow operation)and tension-free repair of preperitoneal space with middle incision of lower abdomen(Open TEP operation).Methods A retrospective anal-ysis of 122 cases of inguinal hernia was conducted.And 62 cases of Open TEP operation were concluded into obser-vation group and 60 cases of Rutkow operationinto control group. The basic information of the surgery,postopera-tive complications and the score of quality of life before and after treatment were compared between 2 groups. Results No bladder injury,ductus deferens damage,infections or hematoma on incisions were found after opera-tion and no relapse,patch rejection,infections or atrophia testiculi were seen during the follow-up. The incision pain of observation group lasted shorter than that of control group(P<0.01),while other operational indexes show no great difference(P > 0.05). The incidence of postoperative complications of observation group was 11.29%, much lower than that of control group(P<0.01).Both PCS and MCS scores of 2 groups after treatment increased obviously as compared with those before treatment(P<0.01),but the rise in observation group were more signifi-cant(P<0.01).Conclusion Less postoperative pain and complications,and better life quality are found in the treatment of inguinal hernia with open TEP operation outperforms Rutkow operation.