Why laparoscopic hernia repair?

The introduction of single-hole technology on the basis of laparoscopic hernia repair greatly reduces the surgical trauma, reduces postoperative discomfort, reduces hospitalization time (roughly about 2 days after surgery can be discharged), and small wounds + hidden wound treatment can make the postoperative period to be basically scarless. At present, surgery is the only reliable method of treating inguinal hernia in adults, and our widely performed hernia surgery is laparoscopic minimally invasive technology, which has the following five advantages over traditional surgery: Advantage 1: Using laparoscopic minimally invasive technology to treat inguinal hernia, the recurrence rate is much lower The recurrence rate of inguinal hernia treated by the method of incision is about 4/1000, whereas that of the recurrence rate of hernia treated by laparoscopy is about only 1/2000. As we can see from the figure below, there are 3 areas in the inguinal region of human beings that are prone to hernia formation, which are called hiatal hernia, femoral hernia and rectal hernia. Traditional open surgery can only repair 1-2 of these areas and it is difficult to cover all of them in one operation. Therefore, this phenomenon often occurs in the clinic: the patient’s first attack is a hiatal hernia, and after surgery, a straight hernia or a femoral hernia may appear again after a period of time, and they all appear to the patient to have a lump in the inguinal area, which is impossible to determine whether it is a recurrence or not, and the doctor has to go through the surgery to be able to determine this. The use of laparoscopic minimally invasive technology for the treatment of inguinal hernia, a surgery to repair all of the above three areas, the probability of recurrence of the inguinal mass is greatly reduced. Advantage 2: Laparoscopic minimally invasive technology can treat bilateral inguinal hernia at the same time, but also can explore the opposite side of the hidden hernia and abdominal cavity Traditional open surgery to repair bilateral hernia will have two wounds, if only one side of the onset of the disease, the other side do not know whether there is a hernia, usually will not choose to open the surgery to explore. Laparoscopic minimally invasive technology can not only treat bilateral hernia at the same time, but also in the treatment of one side of the hernia at the same time, to explore the opposite side of the existence of hidden hernia, and laparoscopy can also be explored in the abdominal cavity of other organs, such as the appendix, the gallbladder, etc., which is open surgery can not do. Advantage three: laparoscopic minimally invasive technology to treat recurrent hernia is more unique If the inguinal hernia patient is the first time to use open surgery treatment, may make part of the inguinal tissue scarring, resulting in unclear tissue structure. When the hernia reappears, if the traditional open surgery is used, the hernia ring may not be found, causing further tissue damage. However, under laparoscopy, the doctor can clearly see the hernia ring, easier to operate, no scarring after the operation, the effect of the treatment of recurrent hernia is more Advantage 4: Laparoscopic minimally invasive surgical wounds are small, suitable for obese people or diabetics Laparoscopic minimally invasive technology to treat inguinal hernia, the surgical wound is very small, and the basic healing in the postoperative period of 3-5 days. For children using minimally invasive laparoscopic techniques to treat inguinal hernia, the maximum diameter of the wound is only 12.5px, and children’s healing ability is very strong, basically no scar can be seen on the surface of the body after healing. For adults, there will be a wound of 25px on the navel, which is basically invisible after healing due to the natural scar folds in the navel. In addition, there are two small holes with a diameter of only 12.5px on both sides of the navel, slightly downward, basically invisible after healing. So it is especially suitable for diabetic patients and obese people, or the wound is not easy to heal patients. Advantage 5: Laparoscopic hernia surgery is less traumatic, quick recovery Laparoscopic hernia repair compared to traditional hernia repair, the patient trauma is much smaller, do not cut through the tissue, only open the level, the patch will be sent to the defective part of the postoperative patient pain is very light, get out of bed early, most patients can be discharged from the hospital the next day after the operation. In summary, laparoscopic minimally invasive technology for adult hernia treatment has great advantages over traditional open surgery, less trauma, low recurrence rate, short hospitalization time, fast postoperative recovery, without affecting normal activities and work.