Laparoscopic inguinal herniorrhaphy

ABSTRACT

Remarkable success of laparoscopic cholecystectomy encourage the trials for laparscopic herniorrhaphy. Sevceral types of techniques were used. Our study followed the transabdominal pre peritoneal TAPP. A Prospective study for thirty five patients with 45 inguinal hernias under went TAPP. It was carried on from Jan. 1994 to May 1999, in Al-Zahraa University Hospital in Cairo and in Hamed G. Hospital in Doha Patients were selected without complications. Peak age incidence was between the fourth and fifth decades, with mean age 36 years. There were 6 cases direct and 39 indirect with five cases recurrent. All the patients were selected well and prepared properly preoperative. There were no operative complications, but post operative complications were infected wound and 2 recurrent cases who were treated by the open methods. Most of the patients were delivered on the same day. In conclusion TAPP is feasible and safe procedure for hernia repair with low recurrent rate and early convalescence