Comparison of Laparoscopic TAPP (Transabdominal Preperitoneal) and Laparoscopic TEP (Totally Extra peritoneal) Techniques for Inguinal Hernia Repair- An Observational Study of 60 Cases

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Trans abdominal pre-peritoneal versus totally extra-peritoneal laparoscopic techniques for inguinal hernia repair: a comparative study

“…More et al have cited similar age incidence in their comparative study of TAPP versus TEP. 7 In our study we found no significant difference between the type and distribution of hernia in the two groups which is comparable to the study by More et al 7 We found TEP to be associated with significantly increased operative time as compared to TAPP. TEP as the modality of laparoscopic repair has come in vogue since past two decades since the first introduction by Dulucq.…”

A prospective randomized comparison of short-term outcome of laparoscopic, totally extra-peritoneal and trans-abdominal pre-peritoneal repairs for inguinal hernia

“…A number of studies have been performed till date to compare the two techniques of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair viz., TAPP and TEP but only a fraction of them are randomized. [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] This single center study compares the two techniques of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair for short-term outcome in a randomized setting. The age-wise distribution of patients in the two groups was comparable.…”

“…Many other studies have also shown similar results in terms of intra-operative complications. 7,9,17 But Markus Gass et al have made a different observation in their large cohort study, based on prospective data of the Swiss association of laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgery, wherein they have found a higher incidence of both intraoperative as well as postoperative complications in the TEP group. 11 The common post-operative complications after laparoscopic hernia repair are urinary retention, bleeding, seroma or hematoma formation, scrotal oedema, subcutaneous emphysema, wound infection, chronic neuralgia.…”