title: [Laparoscopic hernia repair. A useful method for surgical treatment of inguinal hernia?].
abstract: Between September 1992 and May 1993 14 groin hernias in 13 patients were treated with laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal repair using a polypropylene mesh to reinforce the abdominal wall. There were two indirect and 12 direct hernias. Five hernias were recurrent. There were no perioperative complications. In the follow up period 14-24 months after the operations, two patients developed recurrent hernias after four and ten months respectively, one patient presented with a new hernia on the contralateral side, and one patient died from cardiac disease. Laparoscopic hernia repair is technically demanding and in our setting is more time- and resource consuming than an open, tension-free repair. Thus it is questionable whether this method should be used in primary hernia repair. It may, however, have a place in the treatment of recurrent hernias and bilateral hernias.
authors.affiliation: Seksjon for gastroenterologisk kirurgi, Regionsykehuset, Tromsø.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gauperaa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rønning
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vonen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kjaeve
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D012008:Recurrence