The purpose of this study was to compare between laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) and totally extraperitoneal (TEP) repair of inguinal hernia in recurrent inguinal hernia.
The primary objective in this study was to compare postoperative pain between the TAPP group and the TEP group. The secondary objective was to compare operative time, intraoperative complications (bleeding, bowel injury, vascular injury), postoperative complications (hematoma, seroma, wound infection), length of hospital stay and recurrence rate with possible risk factors which include gender, age, BMI ,cord lipomas and location of the hernia.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
44
Transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) approach for recurrent inguinal hernia using polyprolene mesh
Total extraperitoneal (TEP) approach for recurrent inguinal hernia using polyprolene mesh
Mansoura University Hospitl
Al Mansurah, Egypt
Postoperative pain
by use of visual analog scale (VAS) where (0) refereed to no pain and (10) refereed to the severest pain.
Time frame: 6 months
operative time
operative time by minutes was reported to get mean and standard deviation
Time frame: 6 months
complications
complications will be described as number and percentages in each group
Time frame: 6 months
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