Laparoscopic Hernioplasty in 222 Patients

Objective To investigate the effects and advantages of laparoscopic hernioplasty for hernia.Methods From June 1995 to June 2005,222 patients with hernia were treated with laparoscopy.Transabdominal preperitoneal hernia repair(TAPP) were performed in 166 patients.Totally extraperitoneal hernia repair(TEP) were performed in 25 patients.Closure of the internal orifice of hernia was performed in 21 patients.Furthermore,incisional hernia in 2 patients, diaphragmatic hernia in 1 patient and mesenteric hernia in 1 patient were performed by laparoscopic hernioplasty and 6 patients with hernia of oesophagus finestra performed hernioplasty combined collapse gastric fundus with laparoscopy.In this series 45 patients associated with other abdominal disease were simultaneously treated with laparoscopy.Results All cases were operated successfully.The span of operation reduration was 42.5 min((10～180 min)).The average length of postoperative hospital stay were 4.6 days.There was one early failure owing to the use of too small a piece of mesh.Conclusion The results indicate that mesh repair of hernias is a satisfactory technique with a low recurrence rate and a low major complication rate.