Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Inguinal hernia repair is one of the most commonly performed operations in general surgery. A great number of methods has been described. Laparoscopic hernia repair was initiated to be performed after 1990s and adopted by many centers. The objective of this study is to evaluate our outcomes in laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal hernia repair which we performed in the county state hospital in the light of the literature.

METHODS

Outcomes of patients for whom inguinal hernia repair was performed via laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal method between the dates of November 2015 and August 2017 were evaluated retrospectively.

RESULTS

33 patients were included in the study, 30 being male and 3 being female. Median age value was 46 (ranging between 19 and 75). A total of 44 repairs were performed, being right-sided inguinal hernia in 18 (54.6%) patients, left-sided in 4 (12,1%) patients and bilateral in 11 (33.3%) patients. Mean duration of hospital stay was 1,09 (±0,29) days and ranging between 1 and 2. Postoperatively, 2(6.1%) patients were observed to develop pseudorecurrence (seroma), 1 (3%) patient to develop hematoma and 2 (6.1%)patients to develop orchitis. Mean follow-up duration of the patients was varying between 6 to 27 months, with a mean of 13,76( ±5,84). During follow-up of 33 patients, 1 (3,1%) patient was determined to develop recurrence.

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

Laparoscopic hernia repair has been known to have some advantages, including smaller incisions, more rapid recovery, less pain and earlier return to daily activities. However, process of learning takes longer compared to the open method. It was reported that no difference occurred in recurrence rates in individuals who received a training on the laparoscopic method during specialization training or during further educational processes. In conclusion, we considered that this method can also be safely performed in county hospitals by individuals who received training on the laparoscopic method.