Feasibility of Laparoscopic Transabdominal Preperitoneal Hernioplasty for Incarcerated Inguinal Hernia

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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: An incarcerated inguinal hernia (IncIH) is defined as an irreducible inguinal hernia. The problems caused by long-term incarceration are adhesion between the incarcerated organ and hernial sac and difficulty in reduction of the edematous incarcerated organ. The present study was performed to evaluate the feasibility of laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) hernioplasty to treat chronic IncIH.

METHODS: This retrospective study included 154 patients aged >20 years who were treated for IncIH from January 1, 2015 to October 31, 2020. Patients were categorized into those with symptoms for ≥ 3 months (chronic IncIH group, 134 patients) and those with symptoms for < 3 months (acute IncIH group, 20 patients).

RESULTS: The type of incarcerated organ differed between groups. The most frequently incarcerated organ was the intestine (85%, 17/20) in the acute IncIH group and the omentum (98%, 131/134) in the chronic IncIH group (p < 0.000). Compared with the chronic IncIH group, the acute IncIH group had a higher prevalence of pre-operative inguinal pain (85%, 17/20 vs 3%, 4/134; p < 0.000) and a lower prevalence of adhesion between the incarcerated organ and the hernial sac (5%, 1/20 vs 37%, 49/134; p = 0.011). Organ resection was performed in 1 patient in the acute IncIH group and 19 in the chronic IncIH group.

CONCLUSION: In patients with chronic IncIH, TAPP hernioplasty was used to successfully resolve adhesion between the incarcerated organ and the hernial sac, avoiding organ resection by enabling intra-abdominal reduction in many patients. TAPP hernioplasty may be a feasible surgical method for the treatment of IncIH.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons - 25(2021), 3 vom: 10. Juli

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lee, Sung Ryul [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chronic incarceration
Inguinal hernia
Journal Article
Laparoscopy
TAPP

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 25.11.2021

Date Revised 27.04.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.4293/JSLS.2021.00053

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM332113892