Hernia treatment by laparoscopic surgery

A hernia occurs when the content of a body cavity bulge out of the area where it is normally contained.

Inguinal hernia occurs more often in men and the frequency increases with age. About 5 percents of the population or over get hernia of abdominal wall, of which 75% are inguinal hernia cases.

Symptoms of an inguinal hernia may include a bulge in the groin together with feelings of pain and discomfort. Serious acute complications can be incarceration as tissues in the hernia become trapped or strangulation as the blood supply to the trapped tissue is blocked.

The treatment of inguinal hernias by using synthetic patches is performed routinely in some hospitals in Vietnam, including L’Hôpital Français de Hanoi with lower risk of recurrence and less pain than other methods. In case of laparoscopic surgery, patients may be discharged as soon as 24 hours after the operation.

The use of synthetic patches for inguinal hernia repair has become a standard technique for adult surgery, applied by open surgery or by laparoscopic technique. To cover the hernia site and strengthen the abdominal wall, the surgeon will staple the defective spot with a synthetic patch or “mesh”.

For laparoscopic surgery, the technique is actually not different from open surgery. The images on TV screens are grasped from a small camera inside the body and the operators can perform the procedure very precisely.

At L’Hôpital Français de Hanoi, Vietnamese and French visceral surgeons perform laparoscopic operations of hernia and rupture of the abdominal wall as a routine procedure with the following advantages:

• Less pain after surgery and quicker recovery
• Lower risk of infection
• Shorter operation time and hospitalization help save time and money.
• Very low recurrence rate
• Better cosmetic results as smaller incisions are used.

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