title: [Experience with and results of the laparoscopic treatment of laparocele].
abstract: The purpose of this study was to describe our experience from December 1999 to March 2003 with a series of 76 cases of laparocele, 56 of which (74%) were incisional and 26 (26%) primitive. The case series shows a prevalence of the female sex (2/1) and in 18% of cases the patients were obese (BMI > or = 30). The mean corrected surface was 71 cm2 +/- 75 SD (10-260). The technique requires the use of an open access ePTFE dual mesh prosthesis with micropores. The mean operating time was 102 min +/- 38 SD (40-240). In 5 cases (6.5%) an open conversion was necessary owing to visceral lesions. Minor complications were observed in 19 patients (25%), who were treated in the early period of our experience. Among the most important complications was one late bowel perforation (1%) that required immediate laparoscopic reoperation. The mean hospital stay was 4 days +/- 2 SD (1-13), although now that a certain amount of experience has been acquired, the mean stay in hospital is only 2 days. The follow-up of 16 months +/- 3 SD (2-36) has revealed 3 recurrences (4%) and 1 trocar herniation (1%).
authors.affiliation: Io U.O. Chirurgia Generale e Trapianti d'Organo, Azienda Ospedaliera di Careggi, Viale Morgagni, 85, 50134 Firenze.
authors.forename: Luis J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Sánchez
authors.forename: Lapo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bencini
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Calistri
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moretti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged