Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
Abstract
Numerous repair techniques have been described among which selection of best technique for inguinal hernia repair stands a challenge. There is a paucity of data with respect to the comparative studies of newer endoscopic repairs v/s others like open Lichtenstein mesh repair especially in the low resource settings like India. Thus this study was conducted to compare and assess the duration of procedure, complications encountered, post‐operative pain and post‐operative recovery, duration of hospital stay and time taken in resumption to work between two techniques of open Lichtenstein mesh repair and totally extra peritoneal (TEP) repair. After obtaining the written informed consent the patients were assigned randomly for both the groups. Pain in the post‐operative period was rated by each patient using a Visual Analogue Scale (from 0‐10). Total duration of the procedure was calculated from skin incision to skin closure. The median of post‐operative pain scores in TEP group was significantly lower (4) compared to open mesh repair group (7) (P<0.001). The mean duration of post‐operative recovery time among the study participants in TEP (3.08+0.4 days) group was significantly lower compared to open mesh repair (5.00+0.00 days) group (t = 24.00, P<0.001).
How to cite this article:
K.N. Sudheer and N. Chandrashekar. A Comparative Study Between Open Lichtenstein Mesh Repair and Laparoscopic Totally Extra Peritoneal Repair of Inguinal Hernia.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.36478/makrjms.2024.12.82.86
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