Inguinal hernias account for 75% of all abdominal wall hernias, and with a lifetime risk of 27% in men and 3% in women. Repair of these hernias is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures in the world. With time, laparoscopic surgery took over the open repair due to several advantages. This video presents a laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair method in detail.
Although open, mesh-based, tension-free repair remains the gold standard of hernia repair, laparoscopic herniorrhaphy, in the hands of adequately trained surgeons, produces excellent results comparable to those of open repair. In a comparison between open repair and laparoscopic repair, a study found that 5 years after the operation, 1.9% of patients who had undergone laparoscopic repair continued to report moderate or severe pain, compared with 3.5% of those who had undergone open repair. A number of studies have…
