An Experience of Short-Term Results of Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernioplasty Using 3D Mesh in a Developing Country
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53460#.VMXpqizQrzE Author(s) Iqbal Saleem Mir * , Alfer Ah Nafae , Aijaz Ahmed Malyar , Muntakhab Nafae , Yawar Watali , Mudasir Farooq , Shahnawaz Bashir Bhat , Sheikh Viqar Affiliation(s) The Post-Graduate Department of Surgery, Govt Medical College, Srinagar, India . ABSTRACT Background: The experience of short term results of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair using 3D mesh in a developing country is reviewed. Methods: From January 2012 to February 2014, 53 patients underwent laparoscopic inguinal hernioplasty. A retrospective case series of 53 consecutive patients undergoing TEP/TAPP by a single surgical team was followed prospectively with a focused physical examination and interview. 4 out of 53 patients had recurrent hernia following open repairs and 49 had primary hernias. Data collected included operative time, intraoperative bleeding, intraop...