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Laparoscopic repair of wound defects in the elderly: our experience of 5 years

2013; BioMed Central; Volume: 13; Issue: Suppl 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/1471-2482-13-s2-s23

ISSN

1471-2482

Autores

Alessia G Ferrarese, Valter Martino, Stefano Enrico, Alessandro Falcone, Silvia Catalano, Enrico Gibin, Silvia Marola, A Surace, Mario Solej,

Tópico(s)

Abdominal Surgery and Complications

Resumo

Laparoscopic approach for wound defects is a procedure that aims to reduce surgical aggressiveness against the abdominal wall by using minimal incisions and dedicated instruments. We report our experience about clinical outcome of elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic repair for incisional hernias (Group I) and primary inguinal hernias (Group II) from June 2007 to September 2012. We analyzed preoperative and postoperative data for the laparoscopic approach in the elderly. In our experience there was no significant difference in laparoscopic procedure between normalweight and overweight patients. Laparoscopic repair for primary inguinal hernias and incisional ventral hernias with transabdominal placement of composite mesh in the elderly achieves excellent results with lower morbidity in comparison with open surgical approaches.

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