Affiliation:
1. Second Department of Surgery and Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Surgical Laparoscopy, AKH Linz, Linz, Austria
Abstract
Abstract
In a prospective randomized study postoperative pain, analgesic consumption, return to physical activity and work, cosmetic result and experience with the type of operation were assessed in 86 patients undergoing inguinal hernia repair by means of either the Shouldice technique (n = 34), the laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) (n = 28) or total preperitoneal (TPP) (n = 24) repair. Patients having TAPP repair had decreased visual analogue scale scores for pain on the day of operation compared with those undergoing TPP and Shouldice repair (4·8 versus 6·5 and 6·2 respectively, P = 0·02) and on the first postoperative day compared with TPP (4·0 versus 6·0, P = 0·01). There was no difference between the three groups for days 2, 3, 4, 5 and 30 after operation. Patient satisfaction with the operation, analgesic consumption, return to physical activity such as walking, driving, climbing stairs, running, bicycling and sexual intercourse, as well as return to work, was comparable in the three groups. There was a better cosmetic result after TAPP and TPP repair. This study failed to demonstrate significant benefits from laparoscopic hernia repair over the Shouldice technique.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
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