title: Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair during laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe our experience of simultaneous laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) and inguinal hernia repair (LIHR) with a non-absorbable mesh, as there are few reports of simultaneous herniorrhaphy during LRP.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty patients who had simultaneous LIHR and LRP were retrospectively reviewed. All operations were completed via antegrade techniques using a non-absorbable mesh for the LIHR, as the results with absorbable mesh were disappointing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In all, 48 clinically apparent hernias were repaired in 40 patients (mean age 60 years). Of these, 13 were left-sided, 23 right-sided, and six bilateral; 19 were direct, 14 indirect, two pantaloon, three femoral, and in 10 the type was not recorded. The mean operative duration was 172 min and the mean hospital stay was 1.5 days. Two patients had a urine leak after surgery, which resolved with no further intervention, and two developed a pelvic lymphocele, one at 4 months and the other at 2 months after surgery. Two patients required urinary catheter re-insertion for retention after surgical catheter removal at 9 and 10 days after surgery, respectively. One patient developed a deep venous thrombosis 19 days after surgery. Of the 40 patients, 36 (90%) were followed for a mean of 10 months; none had a hernia recurrence on the repaired side, while two developed a new symptomatic contralateral hernia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  LIHR is a successful and reliable way to treat symptomatic patients who are treated surgically for prostate cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Benjamin C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Rodin
authors.forename: Ketul K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Douglas M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Dahl
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D016896:Treatment Outcome