@article{article_390130, title={LAPAROSCOPIC TOTALLY EXTRAPERITONEAL INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR; OUR EXPERIENCES IN 52 CASES.}, journal={Journal of Surgical Arts}, volume={1}, pages={30–36}, year={2008}, author={Pergel, Ahmet and Yücel, Ahmet Fikret and Aydın, İbrahim and Şahin, Dursun Ali and Dilek, Osman Nuri}, keywords={Inguinal hernia, laparoscopic repair, laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal repair, TEP}, abstract={Two revolutions in inguinal hernia repair surgery have occurred during the last two decades. The first was the intro-duction of tension-free hernia repair by Lichtenstein in 1989 and the second was the application of laparoscopic surgery to the treatment of inguinal hernia in the early 1990s. The purposes of this study were to assess our first experiences of laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal (TEP) repair in inguinal hernias. This study was planned prospectively. Patients who under-went an elective unilateral inguinal hernia repair at General Surgery departments in Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Medicine, Haseki Education and Research Hospital and Avrasya Hospital, Istanbul, from 2005 and 2008 were enrolled in this study. Patient demographic data, operative and postoperative courses, complications and outpatient follow-ups were recorded and analyzed. A total of 52 hernia repairs were included in the study. All were repaired by TEP technique. There were 2 hernias (4%) that required conversion to open technique. The mean operative time was 39 minutes. Most of the patients were discharged at the second day of the surgery. The incidence of intraoperative complications was 8%. The incidence of postoperative complications was 8% and the incidence of early recurrence rate was 4%. In the hands of experienced laparoscopic surgeons, laparoscopic hernia repair can be by done successfully using the TEP technique.}, number={2}, publisher={Osman Nuri DİLEK}