title: Laparoscopic repair of wound defects in the elderly: our experience of 5 years.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Laparoscopic approach for wound defects is a procedure that aims to reduce surgical aggressiveness against the abdominal wall by using minimal incisions and dedicated instruments.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report our experience about clinical outcome of elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic repair for incisional hernias (Group I) and primary inguinal hernias (Group II) from June 2007 to September 2012.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In our experience there was no significant difference in laparoscopic procedure between normalweight and overweight patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Laparoscopic repair for primary inguinal hernias and incisional ventral hernias with transabdominal placement of composite mesh in the elderly achieves excellent results with lower morbidity in comparison with open surgical approaches.
authors.forename: Alessia G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Ferrarese
authors.forename: Valter
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martino
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Enrico
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Falcone
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Catalano
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gibin
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marola
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Surace
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Solej
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000601:surgery*; D059685:Herniorrhaphy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors