ArticleTurkish journal of surgery2021
Comparison of laparoscopic percutaneous internal ring suturing method and open inguinal hernia repair in children under 3 months of age.
Article in Turkish journal of surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05702710 (Percutaneous Internal Ring Suturing is a Safe and Effective Method in the Minimal Invasive Treatment of Inguinal Hernia in Neonates), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.
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Percutaneous Internal Ring Suturing is a Safe and Effective Method in the Minimal Invasive Treatment of Inguinal Hernia in Neonates
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- Is percutaneous internal ring suturing (PIRS) a safe option for adolescent inguinal hernia repair? A comparative analysis.Pediatric surgery international · 2026Article
- Outcomes of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair using tail-anchor mesh fixation method: A retrospective study.Journal of minimal access surgery · 2026Article
- Clinical efficacy of laparoscopic treatment of pediatric inguinal hernia: a meta-analysis.American journal of translational research · 2024Review
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- Comparing Outcomes of Single-Incision Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy in Newborns and Infants.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Transumbilical Single-Site Laparoscopic Intraperitoneal Closure of the Internal Inguinal Ring for Pediatric Inguinal Hernia.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesLaparoscopic inguinal hernia repair in younger infants has not been completely accepted worldwide. The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and feasiblity of laparoscopic percutaneous internal ring suturing method in children aged younger than 3 months and compare the recurrence and complication rates with open repair; which may still be mentioned as the gold standard procedure. MATERIAL AND
methodsA total of 387 children underwent inguinal hernia repair in the clinic between 2016 and 2019. One hundred and forty of them were under 3 months old and divided into two groups; children who underwent laparoscopic percutaneous internal ring suturing (Group 1) and open surgery (Group 2). Selection of the surgical method was regardless of weight, sex or any patient characteristics other than surgeon's choice. Operation durations, complications and recurrences were compared between the two groups.
resultsA total of 140 patients underwent surgery due to inguinal hernia. Group 1 included 85 and Group 2 included 55 children. There were two recurrences in each group (p> 0.05). Operative durations were shorter in Group 1 for both; unilateral and bilateral repairs (p <0.0001). There were no intraoperative complications in any group. There was one major postoperative complication in Group 2: iatrogenic undescended testis, and none was observed in Group 1. In the laparoscopic group, 47% of the children who were diagnosed to have unilateral hernia were revealed to have bilateral inguinal hernias (n= 31).
conclusionLaparoscopic percutaneous internal ring suturing method seems favourable in terms of operative time. It also has the advantage of detecting contralateral patent processus vaginalis or asymptomatic contralateral inguinal hernia.
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