Long-term outcomes of pediatric laparoscopic needled-assisted inguinal hernia repair: A 10-year experience

Comparison of Recurrence and Complication Rates Following Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair among Preterm versus Full-Term Newborns: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

“…The incidence of minor postoperative complications (including wound infection and suture granulomas) was the same among the two groups. Although the incidence of hydroceles requiring surgery was significantly (p < 0.01) higher among the PT newborns, the total number of complications requiring operative intervention showed no significant differences between both groups [11].…”

“…All studies had a moderate risk of bias. The studies by Dutta et al [20] and Garcia et al [11] had the lowest and the highest scores, respectively. The inter-observer agreement was almost perfect (Kappa = 0.978; p < 0.001).…”

“…Four of these were further excluded as they were non-comparative studies (n = 2), compared the co-occurrence of inguinal hernia and patent processus vaginalis (PPV) among FT versus PT newborns (n = 1), and demonstrated LHR in newborns without any subgroup analysis (n = 1) [1,[17][18][19]. Therefore, the final meta-analysis included only four studies [9][10][11]20]. Three studies had a retrospective study design [9][10][11] while one was a prospective study [20].…”

“…Therefore, the final meta-analysis included only four studies [9][10][11]20]. Three studies had a retrospective study design [9][10][11] while one was a prospective study [20]. A total of 1702 children were included in these studies.…”

“…Previous reports suggest no difference between laparoscopic hernia repair in FT and PT newborns regarding postoperative complications and that the preterm population repaired before 60 weeks of post-conceptional age had a lower recurrence rate compared to FT patients and PT newborns repaired later [10,11]. However, a consensus statement regarding this subject is lacking.…”