title: Quality of life of in patients submitted to anterior abdominal wall laparoscopic hernioplasty.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The laparoscopic ventral hernia repair technique made possible surgeries with smaller skin incisions and smaller dissection of the soft tissue around the hernia, therefore with a better wound, a quicker postoperative recovery and a lower complication rate.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the applicability of a quality of life survey based on the molds of the American Hernia Society, European Hernia Society and Carolinas Equation for Quality of Life, through telephone in patients submitted to laparoscopic hernioplasty by IPOM technique.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective cohort study was made to evaluate the quality of life of 21 patients that underwent anterior abdominal wall laparoscopic hernioplasty by intraperitoneal onlay mesh technique. Questionnaire was applied through telephone.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 21 patients, 19% felt that the hernia recurred. Also 19% passed through another abdominal wall surgery, and among these, 75% was related to the previously hernia correction. Finally, 81% of patients did not undergo any other abdominal wall surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It was possible to apply the quality of life questionnary by telephone on patients who underwent an anterior abdominal wall. The results, in its turn, were satisfactory and showed that patients, in general, were satisfied with the surgical procedure.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Sirio-Libanes, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ricardo Zugaib
authors.initials: RZ
authors.lastname: Abdalla
authors.affiliation: Hospital Sirio-Libanes, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rodrigo Biscuola
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.affiliation: Hospital Sirio-Libanes, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Danniel Frade
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Said
authors.affiliation: Hospital Sirio-Libanes, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Beatrice Martinez Zugaib
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Abdalla
mesh_terms: D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000601:surgery*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000601:surgery*; D059685:Herniorrhaphy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D011788:Quality of Life; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires