Advantages of Laparoscopic Treatment of Hernia

Laparoscopic hernia repair is a small incision, lens-assisted approach to repair abnormal abdominal wall (muscle) tears. This procedure allows the patient to experience less pain than traditional open surgery and return to their daily tasks and activities more quickly. Comparison to traditional surgery: The traditional approach to hernia repair involves making a 6- to 8-centimeter incision in the lower abdomen, usually reinforced by the placement of a polypropylene mesh patch. Laparoscopic hernia repair is becoming more and more popular among patients and surgeons due to its advantages of less damage, faster recovery, and beautiful incisions. Laparoscopic hernia repair has the following advantages compared with traditional hernia repair surgery: 1, good cosmetic effect, no large incision, only need to poke three 0.5 to 1.0 cm holes in the abdominal wall; 2, small surgical trauma, postoperative pain is light, the use of analgesic medication is less; 3, fast recovery, can be discharged from the hospital in two or three days after the operation; 4, does not destroy the anatomy of the inguinal canal, the levator ani muscle, and will not damage the vas deferens and spermatic cord blood vessels and nerves, thus avoiding ischemic testes. Thus avoiding the occurrence of ischemic orchitis; 5, especially for bilateral inguinal hernia, can not increase the poke hole and repair at the same time, minimally invasive effect is more obvious; 6, recurrence rate is lower than the traditional hernia repair.