Abstract:

Objective To investigate the clinical effect and prognosis of laparoscopic tension-free hernia repair for the treatment of the patients with abdominal incisional hernia. Method The clinical data of 72 patients with abdominal incisional hernia were retrospectively analyzed in Affiliated Jiaozhou Hospital of Tongji University from June 2018 to June 2021. These patients with abdominal incisional hernia were randomly divided into the experimental group and the control group according to different operation methods including laparoscopic tensionfree repair and open hernia repair. Thirty patients underwent open hernia repair operation in the control group and 42 did laparoscopic tension-free repair in the experimental group. The operation time, intraoperative blood loss,

length of hospital stay and pain score at 24 hours after operation, incidence of complications and recurrent incisional hernia after operation were observed to evaluate the surgical outcome. Result The operation time, intraoperative blood loss, length of hospital stay and pain score at 24 hours after operation in the experimental group were better than those of in the control group (P ＜ 0.05). The postoperative complication rate (9.52%) in the experimental group was significantly lower than that in the control group (30.00%) (P ＜ 0.05).2 patients had recurrence of incisional hernia in the experimental group after 1 year with a recurrence rate was 4.76% (2/42) and 3 patients did recurrence of incisional hernia in the control group after 1 year with a recurrence rate was 10.00% (3/30). There was no obviously significant difference in the recurrence rate of incisional hernia between the experimental group and the control group (P ＞ 0.05). Conclusion Compared with traditional open surgery, laparoscopic tension-free repair for the treatment of the patients with abdominal incisional hernia has many advantages of shorter operation time, less intraoperative blood loss, lower incidence of postoperative complications and lower recurrence rate of abdominal incisional hernia. Laparoscopic tension-free repair for the treatment of the patients with abdominal incisional hernia is a safe and effective minimally invasive technique and has good recent and long-term clinical efficacy at the same time.

Key words: Laparoscopic tension-free repair, Open hernia repair, Incisional hernia of abdominal wall