Laparoscopic herniorrhaphy for inguinal hernia:a report of 176 cases / 中国普通外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the effect of laparoscopic herniorrhaphy(LHR)for inguinal hernia. Methods From December,1998 to December,2001, 176 patients with inguinal hernia were treated by LHR using laparoscopic purse string to ligate the neck of hernia sac and to place the intraperitoneal mesh.There were 160 patients with indirect inguinal hernia, 15 patients with direct inguinal hernia and 1 with indirect and direct hernia in this series. Results In this series,the mean operation time was 30 minutes, and was no intraoperative or postoperative complications; the hospital stay was 2～3 days. All the patients were followed-up for 10～36 months, only 2 recurrences(1.2%) were found. Conclusions LHR is a new herniorrhaphy which is safe and effective.The advantages of LHR are simple procedure, low complication rate, faster postoperative recovery, low recurrence rate.This operation should be widely adopted.