{"title":"Laparoscopic hernia repair in patients with bilateral groin hernias.","authors":"A Kald, E Domeij, S Landin, M Wirén, B Anderberg","doi":"10.1080/110241500750009294","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To compare outcome of unilateral and bilateral laparoscopic hernia repair.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Prospective consecutive trial.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>University hospital, Sweden.</p><p><strong>Subjects: </strong>380 patients who had unilateral hernias repaired laparoscopically and 64 patients who had bilateral hernias repaired. The median (range) age in the two groups was 56 (21-86) and 61 (30-85) years, respectively and the median (range) follow-up was 42 (24-58) months.</p><p><strong>Main outcome measures: </strong>Operating time, hospital stay, complications, and time to recovery.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The median (range) operating time was 70 (25-240) minutes in the unilateral and in the bilateral group 113 (55-330) minutes. The complication rate, recurrence rate, and time to full recovery did not differ between the groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The laparoscopic approach seems to be a good option for patients with bilateral inguinal hernias.</p>","PeriodicalId":22411,"journal":{"name":"The European journal of surgery = Acta chirurgica","volume":"166 3","pages":"210-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2000-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/110241500750009294","citationCount":"30","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The European journal of surgery = Acta chirurgica","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/110241500750009294","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Objective: To compare outcome of unilateral and bilateral laparoscopic hernia repair.
Design: Prospective consecutive trial.
Setting: University hospital, Sweden.
Subjects: 380 patients who had unilateral hernias repaired laparoscopically and 64 patients who had bilateral hernias repaired. The median (range) age in the two groups was 56 (21-86) and 61 (30-85) years, respectively and the median (range) follow-up was 42 (24-58) months.
Main outcome measures: Operating time, hospital stay, complications, and time to recovery.
Results: The median (range) operating time was 70 (25-240) minutes in the unilateral and in the bilateral group 113 (55-330) minutes. The complication rate, recurrence rate, and time to full recovery did not differ between the groups.
Conclusion: The laparoscopic approach seems to be a good option for patients with bilateral inguinal hernias.