Long term complications are fewer after laparoscopic hernia repair

In follow up of 242 patients five years after a randomised trial of laparoscopic versus open inguinal hernia repair Douek et al (p 1012) showed a lower rate of complications after the laparoscopic procedure. The 242 patients were 65% of the original group; 52 of the open group (43%) had complications compared with 13 (11%) of the laparoscopic group; numbness and groin pain were significantly reduced, and there were no serious complications in the laparoscopic group. Severe pain occurred only in the open group.
 
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