Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: a prospective evaluation at Eastern Nepal
INTRODUCTION: Inguinal hernias have been treated traditionally with open methods of herniorrhaphy or hernioplasty. But the trends have changed in the last decade with the introduction of minimal access surgery. METHODS: This study was a prospective descriptive study in patients presenting to Surgery...
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| author | Vikal Chandra Shakya Shasank Sood Bal Krishna Bhattarai Chandra Shekhar Agrawal Shailesh Adhikary |
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| description | INTRODUCTION: Inguinal hernias have been treated traditionally with open methods of herniorrhaphy or hernioplasty. But the trends have changed in the last decade with the introduction of minimal access surgery. METHODS: This study was a prospective descriptive study in patients presenting to Surgery Department of B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal with reducible inguinal hernias from January 2011 to June 2012. All patients >18 years of age presenting with inguinal hernias were given the choice of laparoscopic repair or open repair. Those who opted for laparoscopic repair were included in the study. RESULTS: There were 50 patients, age ranged from 18 to 71 years with 34 being median age at presentation. In 41 patients, totally extraperitoneal repair was attempted. Of these, 2 (4%) repairs were converted to transabdominal repair and 2 to open mesh repair (4%). In 9 patients, transabdominal repair was done. The median total hospital stay was 4 days (range 3-32 days), the mean postoperative stay was 3.38,3.14 days (range 2-23 days), average time taken for full ambulation postoperatively was 2.05,1.39 days (range 1-10 days), and median time taken to return for normal activity was 5 days (range 2-50 days). One patient developed recurrence (2%). None of the patients who had laparoscopic repair completed complained of neuralgias in the follow-up. CONCLUSION: Laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernias could be contemplated safely both via totally extra peritoneal as well as transperitoneal route even in our setup of a developing country with modifications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dfdda6c68e7b4c8196a6a7acbd1984a12022-12-21T19:33:08ZengThe Pan African Medical JournalThe Pan African Medical Journal1937-86881937-86882014-03-011724110.11604/pamj.2014.17.241.26102610Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: a prospective evaluation at Eastern NepalVikal Chandra Shakya0Shasank Sood1Bal Krishna Bhattarai2Chandra Shekhar Agrawal3Shailesh Adhikary4 Department of Surgery, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal Department of Surgery, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal Department of Anesthesia, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal Department of Surgery, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal Department of Surgery, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal INTRODUCTION: Inguinal hernias have been treated traditionally with open methods of herniorrhaphy or hernioplasty. But the trends have changed in the last decade with the introduction of minimal access surgery. METHODS: This study was a prospective descriptive study in patients presenting to Surgery Department of B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal with reducible inguinal hernias from January 2011 to June 2012. All patients >18 years of age presenting with inguinal hernias were given the choice of laparoscopic repair or open repair. Those who opted for laparoscopic repair were included in the study. RESULTS: There were 50 patients, age ranged from 18 to 71 years with 34 being median age at presentation. In 41 patients, totally extraperitoneal repair was attempted. Of these, 2 (4%) repairs were converted to transabdominal repair and 2 to open mesh repair (4%). In 9 patients, transabdominal repair was done. The median total hospital stay was 4 days (range 3-32 days), the mean postoperative stay was 3.38,3.14 days (range 2-23 days), average time taken for full ambulation postoperatively was 2.05,1.39 days (range 1-10 days), and median time taken to return for normal activity was 5 days (range 2-50 days). One patient developed recurrence (2%). None of the patients who had laparoscopic repair completed complained of neuralgias in the follow-up. CONCLUSION: Laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernias could be contemplated safely both via totally extra peritoneal as well as transperitoneal route even in our setup of a developing country with modifications. https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/17/241/pdf/241.pdf extraperitoneal repairtransabdominal approachseromainguinal hernialaparoscopy |
| spellingShingle | Vikal Chandra Shakya Shasank Sood Bal Krishna Bhattarai Chandra Shekhar Agrawal Shailesh Adhikary Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: a prospective evaluation at Eastern Nepal The Pan African Medical Journal extraperitoneal repair transabdominal approach seroma inguinal hernia laparoscopy |
| title | Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: a prospective evaluation at Eastern Nepal |
| title_full | Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: a prospective evaluation at Eastern Nepal |
| title_fullStr | Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: a prospective evaluation at Eastern Nepal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: a prospective evaluation at Eastern Nepal |
| title_short | Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: a prospective evaluation at Eastern Nepal |
| title_sort | laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair a prospective evaluation at eastern nepal |
| topic | extraperitoneal repair transabdominal approach seroma inguinal hernia laparoscopy |
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