[Treatments of inguinal hernias by celioscopy. Preliminary results apropos of 162 cases].
Mesch insertion is a reliable means for repairing inguinal hernias. Results in 162 patients treated laparoscopically via an intraperitoneal approach are reviewed herein. Analgesics were not required after the first postoperative day in 71% of patients. Fourteen patients were treated on a day-care basis. There were two recurrences due to inadequate fixation of the mesch to Cooper's ligament. The two patients who developed an infection did not require removal of the patch and had a strong, completely healed wall at the follow-up evaluation after four and ten months, respectively. The number of patients and duration of follow-up are still inadequate. However, these preliminary data warrant continued use and evaluation of this technique.
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Service de Chirurgie Générale et Digestive, Centre Hospitalier Bichat-Claude-Bernard, Paris.
Cossa
J P
JP
Roussel
J Y
JY
Le Goff
J Y
JY
Marmuse
J P
JP
Benhamou
G
G
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications
D000700:Analgesics
Cures de hernies de l'aine par coelioscopie. Résultats préliminaires à propos de 162 cas.