Experience in laparoscopic treatment of abdominal hernia In 30 cases

VernacularTitle:腹部疝疾病腹腔镜手术治疗30例体会
Author: Fang SU ; Shuodong WU ; Dong XU ; Guozhe XIAN
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Laparoscopy; Hernia; Herniorrhaphy
From: Clinical Medicine of China 2009;25(11):1180-1182
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the clinical skill and experience of laparoscopic herniorrhaphy in the treatment of abdominal hernia. Methods Clinical data of 30 cases of abdominal hernia undergoing laparoscopic her-niorrhaphy in Shengjing Hospital from May 2004 to December 2008 were analyzed retrospectively. There were 23 in-guinal hernia,4 incision hernia and 3 hiatal hernia. TEP in 20 cases,TAPP in 3 cases,lPOM in 4 cases and Nissen hiatal hernia repair in 3 cases were performed. Results The mean operating duration was 72 min for TEP, 127 for TAPP,150 min for IPOM,and ]60 min for hiatal hernia repair and the mean time for hospitalization was 4.6,5.8, 7.5, and 5.3 days. No conversion to open surgery happened among these cases. No recurrence was found. Conclu-sions Laparoscopic herniorrhaphy appears to be an effective and convenient technique for the treatment of abdomi-nal hernia and has many advantages of minimally invasive surgery.