ArticleHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery2013
Comparing laparoscopic and open inguinal hernia repair in octogenarians.
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- Comparison of open and laparoscopic groin hernia repair in elderly patients or octogenarians, an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Pooled it
- Bilateral totally extraperitoneal (TEP) repair of the ultrasound-diagnosed asymptomatic contralateral inguinal hernia.Surgical endoscopy · 2018Trial
- Emergency repair of incarcerated groin hernias in older adults: a retrospective cohort study of outcomes.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
- Outcomes of inguinal hernia repair in octogenarians: A propensity score-matched analysis of the Herniamed Registry.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
- Optimal surgical and anesthetic approaches for inguinal hernia repair in octogenarians and nonagenarians: a multicenter cohort study in Japan.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Observational
- Association between SII and postoperative pulmonary infection in elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic abdominal surgery.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Outcomes of laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal hernia repair in the elderly population: a retrospective cohort study.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2024Article
- The feasibility and safety of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair as a 24-h day surgery for patients aged 80 years and older: a retrospective cohort study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2023Article
- Factors Influencing Recurrence Following Transabdominal Preperitoneal Repair for Inguinal Hernias.Cureus · 2023Article
- Short-Term Outcomes of Inguinal Hernia Repair in Older Patients: A Retrospective Review at a Tertiary Center.Cureus · 2021Article
- Mechanisms of age and race differences in receiving minimally invasive inguinal hernia repair.Surgical endoscopy · 2019Article
- Incidence of postoperative complications in transabdominal preperitoneal repair for groin hernia is influenced by poor performance status rather than by old age.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2019Article
- Surgeon utilization of minimally invasive techniques for inguinal hernia repair: a population-based study.Surgical endoscopy · 2019Article
- Should we perform elective inguinal hernia repair in the elderly?Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2017Article
- Is the age of >65 years a risk factor for endoscopic treatment of primary inguinal hernia? Analysis of 24,571 patients from the Herniamed Registry.Surgical endoscopy · 2016Article
- Description of robotically assisted single-site transabdominal preperitoneal (RASS-TAPP) inguinal hernia repair and presentation of clinical outcomes.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2015Article
- Laparoscopic surgery in the elderly: a review of the literature.Aging and disease · 2015Review
- Surgeons' Approach to Intraoperative Complications in Total Extraperitoneal (TEP) Hernia Repair.JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic SurgeonsArticle
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Abstract
purposeTo compare outcomes of laparoscopic and open inguinal hernia repair in elderly patients.
methodsWe retrospectively reviewed patients ≥80 years old undergoing laparoscopic or open inguinal hernia repair from October 2006 to July 2009 at our medical center. Descriptive statistics were calculated, and outcomes were compared using Fisher's exact test, Wilcoxon rank-sum test, and Student's t test; a p value <0.05 was considered significant.
resultsOpen inguinal hernia repairs were performed in 58 patients, and laparoscopic repairs in 23 patients. There was no significant difference in average age (81 vs. 83 years, p = 0.09) or gender (91 % male vs. 74 % male, p = 0.1) for the laparoscopic versus open groups. Resident involvement (55 vs. 26 %, p = 0.02) was more common in the open group, and there was no difference in number of cases done for incarcerated hernias (17 vs. 13 %, p = 0.8) in the open versus laparoscopic groups. We observed a significant difference in hernia laterality and anesthesia type, with significantly more bilateral hernias (48 vs. 2 %, p ≤ 0.001) and more general anesthesia (100 vs. 31 %, p ≤ 0.001) in the laparoscopic compared with the open group. There were no significant differences in ASA score (p = 0.1), operating-room time (p = 0.6), urine output (p = 0.1), morbidity (p = 1), or mortality unrelated to the hernia surgery (13 vs. 22 %, p = 0.5) between the laparoscopic and open groups. At an average follow-up of 31 months (laparoscopic) and 19 months (open), only one recurrence occurred (open group).
conclusionsDespite subtle differences between the laparoscopic and open approaches to inguinal hernia repairs in octogenarians, both procedures are safe with similar outcomes.
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