ArticleJournal of pediatric surgery2021
Long-term outcomes of pediatric laparoscopic needled-assisted inguinal hernia repair: A 10-year experience.
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- Open versus laparoscopic repair in pediatric incarcerated inguinal hernia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Optimizing surgical techniques for the repair of inguinal hernias in infants.Journal of pediatric surgery · 2026Article
- A 10-year review of pediatric inguinal hernia management at a tertiary center.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Open versus laparoscopic indirect inguinal hernia repair in children: a ten-year retrospective review of laparoscopic percutaneous internal ring suturing.Pediatric surgery international · 2025Article
- Impact of Surgical Timing on Outcomes in Neonatal Inguinal Hernia Repairs: A Systematic Review.Pediatric reports · 2025Review
- Application of the laparoscopic auxiliary needle device in the treatment of pediatric inguinal hernia: an eight-year experience.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Is the double-ligation method safe and effective in laparoscopic paediatric inguinal hernia repair? A retrospective cohort study.Journal of minimal access surgery · 2025Article
- Comparing Outcomes of Single-Incision Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy in Newborns and Infants.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Laparoscopic repair of bilateral inguinal hernias each containing sigmoid colon in a premature infant.Journal of pediatric surgery case reports · 2021Article
- Comparison of Recurrence and Complication Rates Following Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair among Preterm versus Full-Term Newborns: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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Abstract
purposeLaparoscopic inguinal hernia repair (LIHR) has gained wide acceptance over the past decade, although studies with longer term follow-up are lacking. We present one of the largest cohorts of children undergoing laparoscopic needle-assisted repair (LNAR) with long-term follow-up.
methodsA clinical quality database was maintained for children ≤14 years of age who underwent laparoscopic needle-assisted repair between 2009 and 2017 with review of follow-up through 2019. De-identified data was reviewed.
results1023 patients with 1457 LNAR were included during the 10-year period. Mean age at surgery was 2.56 years (2 days to14 years). The overall hernia recurrence rate was 0.75% (11/1457). A total of four postoperative hydroceles required intervention. Preterm infant repair done <60w post conceptional age had a significantly lower recurrence rate (0.63%) than other patients (0.82%) (p < 0.01). 64.2% of patients had clinical follow-up over a period of 11 years with a mean follow-up of 5.97 years.
conclusionWe present a large cohort study of consecutive pediatric laparoscopic hernia repairs followed over an 11-year period. LNAR is safe and effective for term and preterm patients with similar complication rates to other techniques, including open repair. Additionally, our results suggest that preterm infants may have superior outcomes with this method. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III - Retrospective Comparative Study.
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