Laparoscopic repair of wound defects in the elderly: our experience of 5 years

BMC Surgery

Research Article

Enrico Gibin¹  Valter Martino¹  Alessia G Ferrarese¹  Alessandra Surace¹  Mario Solej¹  Silvia Catalano¹  Alessandro Falcone¹  Silvia Marola¹  Stefano Enrico¹ 

[1] University of Turin, Department of Oncology, School of Medicine, Teaching Hospital "San Luigi Gonzaga", Section of General Surgery, Orbassano, Turin, Italy;

关键词: Inguinal Hernia;    Laparoscopic Approach;    Incisional Hernia;    Ventral Hernia;    Recurrence Hernia;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2482-13-S2-S23

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundLaparoscopic approach for wound defects is a procedure that aims to reduce surgical aggressiveness against the abdominal wall by using minimal incisions and dedicated instruments.MethodsWe report our experience about clinical outcome of elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic repair for incisional hernias (Group I) and primary inguinal hernias (Group II) from June 2007 to September 2012.We analyzed preoperative and postoperative data for the laparoscopic approach in the elderly.Results and discussionIn our experience there was no significant difference in laparoscopic procedure between normalweight and overweight patients.ConclusionsLaparoscopic repair for primary inguinal hernias and incisional ventral hernias with transabdominal placement of composite mesh in the elderly achieves excellent results with lower morbidity in comparison with open surgical approaches.

【 授权许可】

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© Ferrarese et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2013