LAPAROSCOPIC INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR : Introduction of our experience

Abstract

Background
Inguinal hernia repair by laparoscope is a new promising and continuously developing field for a very common surgical disorder requires in its treatment a greater combination of accurate anatomic knowledge, with surgical skills.
Objective:
This study aims to evaluate our experience of inguinal hernia repair by laparoscope and to compare it with the experience of other colleagues.
Patients and methods:
A 32 patients were operated upon in this study 27 patients had unilateral inguinal hernia, 17 of them had right inguinal hernia while 10 with had inguinal hernia and 5 had bilateral hernia. All of them had primary inguinal hernia. All of them operated on by one surgeon and in Al Hilla General Teaching hospital – Babel Health Directorate. A total extra peritoneal approach was chosen for all. A polypropylene mesh was used for repair.
Result:
All of the patients completed laparoscoically except two conversions were done to complete the operation. The rest passed smooth postoperative but two develop swelling due to simple seroma, recurrence was reported in one patient, no reported infection.
Conclusion:
This study advocate the benefit of laparoscopic approach for repair of inguinal hernia especially the bilateral one and it is simple easy to perform.