Pahwa HS, Kumar A, Agarwal P, Agarwal AA. Current trends in laparoscopic groin hernia repair: A review. World J Clin Cases 2015; 3(9): 789-792 [PMID: 26380826 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v3.i9.789]
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Harvinder Singh Pahwa, MS, MCh (Uro), FMAS, FICS (Uro), MNAMS (Uro), Professor, Department of Surgery, King George’s Medical University, Chowk, Lucknow 226003, Uttar Pradesh, India. pahwakgmu@yahoo.co.in
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Surgery
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Minireviews
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Harvinder Singh Pahwa, Awanish Kumar, Prerit Agarwal, Akshay Anand Agarwal, Department of Surgery, King George’e Medical University, Lucknow 226003, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Harvinder Singh Pahwa, MS, MCh (Uro), FMAS, FICS (Uro), MNAMS (Uro), Professor, Department of Surgery, King George’s Medical University, Chowk, Lucknow 226003, Uttar Pradesh, India. pahwakgmu@yahoo.co.in
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Received: November 29, 2014 Peer-review started: November 29, 2014 First decision: March 6, 2015 Revised: June 10, 2015 Accepted: June 30, 2015 Article in press: June 2, 2015 Published online: September 16, 2015
Abstract
Hernia is a common problem of the modern world with its incidence more in developing countries. Inguinal hernia is the most common groin hernia repaired worldwide. With advancement in technology operative techniques of repair have also evolved. A PubMed and COCHRANE database search was accomplished in this regard to establish the current status of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair in view of recent published literature. Published literature support that laparoscopic hernia repair is best suited for recurrent and bilateral inguinal hernia although it may be offered for primary inguinal hernia if expertise is available.
Core tip: This review compares the laparoscopic hernia repair to conventional open hernia repair techniques in terms of cost, recurrence, procedure related morbidity and quality of life of the patient. Recent published literature has been included in this regard to focus on if any supremacy exists between the two approaches.
