Laparoscopic surgery for inguinal hernia repair: systematic review of effectiveness and economic evaluation

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A comparative study between laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair and open inguinal hernia repair

“…13,14 But the time taken to daily activities and to work was significantly less in the laparoscopy group, this argument seems to be of little worth. [15][16][17] There was no major complication observed in either group like any major vascular injury, visceral injury or bladder perforation only intraoperative inadvertent peritoneal breach was seen that difference was not significant between the two groups and the findings are consistent with the observations made by Ramshaw et al 18 In this study the postoperative pain following laparoscopic surgery was lower than that of open surgery at any given time and this difference was statistically significant p<0.05. This may be attributed to reduction in the size of incision, no need of extra or bilateral incisions in case of bilateral hernias, minimal dissection and less handling of cord structures.…”

Comparison of the Clinical Outcome and Complications in Laparoscopic Hernia Repair of Inguinal Hernia With Mesh Fixation Using Fibrin Glue vs Tacker

“…Laparoscopic repair although a costlier option is better in terms of patient comfort and timesaving [16]. Suturing of mesh is technically difficult and time-consuming thus to fix it to the tissue to prevent its displacement, tacker was developed and used [10].…”

Laparoscopic Tapp Inguinal Hernia Repair: Mesh Fixation With Absorbable Tacks, Initial Experience

“…Transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair is documented as an excellent choice in numerous studies, providing patients a good quality of life, especially when performed by an experienced surgeon (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8).…”