scholarly journals A comparative study between laparoscopic hernia repair and open herniotomy of inguinal hernia in paediatric age group: A prospective randomized controlled study

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Background: Inguinal hernia in children remains one of the most common congenital anomaly observed by surgeons. Prompt diagnosis and early treatment of the inguinal hernia continues to be the mainstay to avoid the complications. The present study was undertaken to compare the effectiveness of laparoscopic hernia repair and open herniotomy of inguinal hernia in paediatric age group. Method: A total 104 healthy children of age <12 years diagnosed with inguinal hernias were alternately randomized into two equal groups, 52 patients were treated by laparoscopic method and 52 patients were treated by open herniotomy method. The outcome of two techniques compare were operative time, recovery and discharge within 24 hours, post-operative pain assessment, cosmesis and complications. Results: The mean operating time for open herniotomy was significantly less (36.69) as compared to that for laparoscopic hernia group (66.98). Recovery and discharge within 24 hours of patients undergoing laparoscopic hernia repair were significantly more (78.85%) than the open herniotomy group (57.69%). The CHIPPS for post-operative pain assessment were 5.28 for open herniotomy Vs 5.07 for laparoscopic hernia repair. FLACC tool for postoperative and periprocedural pain assessment was 4.75 for open hernioromy Vs 4.61 for laparoscopic hernia repair. The excellent cosmesis after laparoscopic procedure, whereas good cosmesis after open procedure among all subjects from respective groups. The complications including scrotal edema, erythema, hydrocele and recurrence were not significantly different in the two groups. Conclusion: The study concludes that the well performed conventional herniotomy yields results similar to those of laparoscopic repair.

Author(s):  
Sushila Choudhary ◽  
Hitesh Soni ◽  
Jagdish M. Mehta ◽  
Saurabh Kalia

Background: Laparoscopic hernia repair is technically difficult and has long learning curve than open repair. Moreover, with increased cost of procedure do patient really get benefited in terms of intraoperative time duration, post-operative pain and complications, length of hospital stays, and time taken to return to usual activity needs to be studied.Methods: In this prospective observational study of 100 patients including unilateral, bilateral, direct and indirect inguinal hernia and excluding obstructed and strangulated hernia, 61 patients underwent open repair and 39 patients underwent laparoscopic hernia repair. Pain analysis was done with visual analogue scale. Unpaired student T test and Chi square test used (p<0.05).Results: Baseline characteristics age, sex of the two groups were similar. Mean operative time in laparoscopic group was 105.38±35.13 minutes and in open group was 79.95±31.12 minutes (p<0.001). There was statistically significant difference in mean pain score of laproscopic verses open techniques (p<0.001). Urinary retention was the most common post-operative complication in both groups but was statistically not significant. Mean hospital stay in laparoscopic group was 1.56±0.50 days and in open group was 1.9±0.50 days (p-0.002). Mean time taken to return to usual activity in open repair was 41.10±27.15 days and in laparoscopic group was 16.23±6.37 days (p-0.001).Conclusions: This study showed that in laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernia patients have less post-operative pain, shorter hospital stays and early return to work. However, the laparoscopic technique had longer operative time duration.


2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-103
Author(s):  
Md Fardhus ◽  
AMSM Sharfuzzaman ◽  
Md Nayeem Dewan ◽  
Md Abul Hossain ◽  
Ahmed Sami Al Hasan ◽  
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Aim: To compare Desarda’s versus Lichtenstein’s mesh repair in patients with unilateral, primary, reducible inguinal hernia in terms of mean operative time and seroma formation Methods: This randomized control trial conducted at Department of Surgery, Patuakhali Medical College & Hospital, Patuakhali. Eighty patients with unilateral, primary, reducible inguinal hernia were randomly distributed into two groups to undergo hernia repair i.e. Lichtenstein (L) and Desarda’s (D). Outcome was measured in terms of mean operative time and seroma formation. Seroma formation was defined as presence of enclosed cavity containing serous fluid determined by ultrasonography at 30th post-operative day. Results: Thirty three patients (41.25%) were above 50 years of age, whereas remaining 47 patients (58.75%) were below 50 years of age. Five patients (6.25%) were female and 75 patients(93.75%) were male. Seroma formation was 5% in Desarda’s group while 7.5% in Lichtenstein group (P> 0.05). Similarly difference in mean operative time was statistically non-significant. Seroma formation was common in older age group. There was no effect of smoking, obesity, operative time and gender on seroma formation. Conclusion: It is concluded that there is no difference in frequency of seroma formation and mean operative time in Desarda’s or Lichtenstein’s technique of hernia repair. Journal of Surgical Sciences (2018) Vol. 22 (2) : 99-103


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 146
Author(s):  
Mateusz Szmit ◽  
Siddarth Agrawal ◽  
Waldemar Goździk ◽  
Andrzej Kübler ◽  
Anil Agrawal ◽  
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Given the rising rate of opioid-related adverse drug events during postsurgical pain management, a nonpharmacologic therapy that could decrease analgesic medication requirements would be of immense value. We designed a prospective, placebo-and-randomized controlled trial to assess the clinical effect of transcutaneous acupoint electrical stimulation (TEAS) on the postoperative patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) requirement for morphine, as well as side effects and recovery profile after inguinal hernia repair. Seventy-one subjects undergoing inguinal hernia repair with a standardized anesthetic technique were randomly assigned to one of three analgesic treatment regimens: PCA + TEAS (n = 24); PCA + sham-TEAS (no electrical stimulation) (n = 24), and PCA only (n = 23). The postoperative PCA requirement, pain scores, opioid-related side effects, and blood cortisol levels were recorded. TEAS treatment resulted in a twofold decrease in the analgesic requirement and decreased pain level reported by the patients. In addition, a significant reduction of cortisol level was reported in the TEAS group at 24 h postoperatively compared to the sham and control groups. We conclude that TEAS is a safe and effective option for reducing analgesic consumption and postoperative pain following inguinal hernia repair.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Waleed Yusif El Sherpiny

Background: Inguinal mesh hernioplasty is one of the common procedures performed all over the world. It can be done either through open or laparoscopic techniques. The aim of this study was to compare the outcomes of Lichtenstein tension free hernioplasty versus laparoscopic transabdominal pre-peritoneal (TAPP) mesh repair considering, duration of the surgery, hospital stay, and duration to resume normal activity, degree of postoperative pain, wound infection, recurrence and complications.Methods: Adult patients presented to the general surgical OPD, with the diagnosis of inguinal hernia underwent either Lichtenstein repair or laparoscopic repair by TAPP.Results: Patients in Group A (open-repair) had significantly greater level of local pain during rest and during routine activities than those within Group B (laparoscopic group) during the postoperative period assessed on the visual-analogue scale. Mean operative time for open hernia repair was 43.7 minutes and for laparoscopic hernia repair was 59.03 minutes and the difference were statistically significant (p=0.0001). The mean duration of hospital stay for open hernia repair was 2.16 days and that for laparoscopic hernia repair was 1.08 days with a (p=0.00001) which was statistically significant. The time to resume routine activities was much shorter among Group B patients than patients in Group A. Only one recurrence (3.3%) was seen in Group B after 6 months follow up.Conclusions: It is concluded that laparoscopic TAPP repair of inguinal hernia in adults is safe and preferred operation as compared to open inguinal hernia repair.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (41) ◽  
pp. 3520-3520
Author(s):  
Ranju Sebastian ◽  
Remani Kelan Kamalakshi ◽  
Jamsheena Muthira Parambath ◽  
Praseetha Vallomparambath Kuttiparambil

The above article has been withdrawn on authors’ request. Original CitationSebastian R, Kamalakshi RK, Parambath JM, et al. A comparative evaluation of the anaesthetic properties of upivacaine hydrochloride and ketamine hydrochloride with dextrose given intrathecally for inguinal hernia repair – a randomized controlled study in a tertiary centre in south Kerala. J Evid Based Med Healthc 2021;8(31):2830- 2834. DOI:10.18410/jebmh/2021/518


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Obaid Syed

Background: Ideal method for modern hernia surgery should be simple, cost effective, safe, tension free and permanent. The Lichtenstein operation to a great extent achieves this entire goal. The Lichtenstein mesh repair is associated with complications, postoperative dysfunction and high cost composite meshes. Desarda's technique, became a new surgical option for tissue-based inguinal hernia repair. The present study was designed to evaluate and compare the effectiveness and complications of the Desarda’s repair with Lichtenstein tension-free mesh repair for treatment of inguinal hernia in a developing country.Methods: 200 patients with unilateral, primary, reducible inguinal hernia were selected. Included patients were randomly divided into two groups. Studied parameters were Duration of surgery, intra operative complications, post-operative Pain, Duration of hospital stay, return to normal activities, post-operative complications and recurrences.Results: There were a total of 100 patients each group. There was no statistically significant difference in duration of surgery and complication rate between the two groups. Difference in mean VAS was not statistically significant. The mean hospital stay in Desarda’s technique was 2.5 days while it was 2.6 days in Lichtenstein’s group. The mean time to return to basic physical activity in the Desarda’s technique was 12.6 days while it was 13.3 days in the Lichtenstein’s group. There were no recurrences in either group. Chronic inguinal pain (>1month) was more frequent in Lichtenstein’s group.Conclusions: There is no significant difference in duration of surgery, intra operative complication rate, post-operative pain, complications and recurrence, between Desarda’s technique and Lichtenstein’s technique. However chronic inguinal pain is less in Desarda’s technique. Desarda’s repair must be considered in young patients (<30 years). Its long-term efficacy needs to be studied with larger, prospective double-blind randomized trials, with longer follow-up.


2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 921
Author(s):  
Sudarshan P. B. ◽  
Sundaravadanan B. S. ◽  
Kaarthik V. P. ◽  
Prabu Shankar S.

Background: Inguinal hernia repair is now one of the most commonly performed general surgical procedures in practice. Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair was started in year 1999 and since then has gained popularity over the last 2 decades. The introduction of a laparoscopic technique has sparked a debate in the literature over the superiority of this method versus open repair. Even though for bilateral and recurrent inguinal hernias, laparoscopic approach is recommended, there is not enough literature to recommend its routine use in unilateral inguinal hernia repair.Methods: A randomised prospective study was conducted at a tertiary care teaching hospital, comparing both Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair and lichensteins tension free mesh repair as treatment modalities for unilateral inguinal hernia. Total number of patients in the study group was 60. Patients who were willing for the study were selected for the open or laparoscopic procedure in a randomised way. Open procedure was done by 2 senior surgeons and laparoscopic procedure was performed by 2 other senior surgeons at associate professor designation. Various parameters like the complication rate, post-operative pain, post-operative stay and time to return to work were analysed.Results: Out of the 60 patients, 30 patients underwent open inguinal hernia repair and another 30 patients underwent Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair. The mean age group was 46.73 in open surgery group and 42.10 in laparoscopic group. 23.3% of the patients in open hernioplasty developed seroma, hematoma in the post-operative period. Whereas 10% had seroma collection in laparoscopic group. No incidence of recurrence in both the groups. No significant difference in pain score between both the groups during immediate post-operative period on POD 0, however there was significant difference in pain score on POD 3 (mean pain in open group 4.13 and lap group 2.87) and POD 7(mean pain in open group 2.90 and lap group 1.23). Mean duration of stay in hospital for open hernioplasty was 7.8 days and for Laparoscopic hernioplasty was 3.07 days. Mean duration of return to work in open hernioplasty was 14.37 days and in laparoscopy group was 9.13 days.Conclusions: There are potential benefits for laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair over lichtenstein’s repair for unilateral inguinal hernias in terms of post-operative pain, hospital stay and early return to work.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 904
Author(s):  
Ramesh S. Koujalagi ◽  
Vinod Karagi ◽  
Abhijit S. Gogate ◽  
Nikhil M.

Background: Inguinal hernia, the most frequently occurring type of hernia globally, Chronic groin pain could be related to nerve mangling while operating. Mesh repair can lead to an inflammatory reaction over a period of time, though it still needs ground work to find out exact cause of pain. So this study aims to compare the effectiveness of polyglactin versus prolene sutures in reducing the post-operative pain in inguinal hernia repair.Methods: A one year hospital prospective study in KLE hospital. A total of 60 adult patients were divided into two groups of 30 each. Mesh fixation with polyglactin sutures was group A (30) and mesh fixation with polypropylene sutures was group B (30) and then post-operative pain, was assessed. Follow-up was for 3 months. Collected data was analyzed using chi–square tests, Mann-Whitney U tests.Results: Our analysis showed that the incidence of postoperative groin pain with mean severity scores of 1.37±0.49 versus 1.43±0.50; 1.40±0.50 versus 1.57±0.73; 1.03±0.61 versus 1.50±0.057; 0.77±0.63 versus 1.30±0.79; at post-operative day 1, 3 in both groups were similar and statistically not significant whereas the 1 week and 3 months follow up in group A and B respectively, were significant (p<0.05).Conclusions: The post-op chronic groin pain is significantly low, hence routine usage of polyglactin sutures to fix a mesh is a safe and effective alternative to polypropylene sutures in Lichtenstein hernia repair.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-167
Author(s):  
Vyacheslav G. Svarich ◽  
Ilya M. Kagantsov ◽  
Violetta A. Svarich

AIM: Based on the accumulated clinical material, this study aims to show the possibilities of diagnosing and treating direct inguinal hernias in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS: During the period from 2000 to 2020, 3221 children with inguinal hernias were treated in the surgical department of the Republican Childrens Clinical Hospital in Syktyvkar. Of the above group of children with inguinal hernias, seven patients (0.22%) had direct inguinal hernias. The above was confirmed by ultrasound examination. In laparoscopic imaging, a rectal hernia was defined as a recess of the peritoneum of a stellate or rounded shape in the projection of the medial umbilical fossa. Two patients underwent the Bassini herniation procedure. Two children underwent laparoscopic hernia repair with intracorporeal suture insertion. In three patients, hernia repair was performed using the PRMS method. RESULTS: Long-term results were followed up from six months to 15 years. Immediate and postoperative complications were noted. No recurrence of hernia was reported. CONCLUSIONS: When establishing direct inguinal hernia diagnosis in children is clinically determined in the form of a rounded, soft-elastic formation localized medially and above the Pupart ligament next to the projection of the external (superficial) inguinal ring of the inguinal canal. It is easily set into the abdominal cavity with rumbling and confirmed by ultrasound examination results. The most preferred treatment method for direct inguinal hernia in children, in our opinion, is hernia repair using the percutaneous internal ring suturing (PIRS) method.


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