Comparison of pain score and patient satisfaction between laparoscopic and open abdominal incisional hernia repair
Abstract
Aim: Incisional hernia is one of the most common postoperative complications of abdominal surgery. Recently laparoscopic repair was introduced. The aim of this study is to compare pain scores and satisfaction rates of patients performed open and laparoscopic incisional hernia repair.
Materials and Methods: A total of 164 patients were included. Group 1 (n=47) consists of patients performed laparoscopic repair and Group 2 (n=117) consists of open repair. Patients were analyzed according to demographic data, operative findings, postoperative complications and recurrence. 32 (68.08%) patients in Group 1 and 88 (75.21%) patients in Group 2 were applied to telephone survey. Pain scores and satisfaction rates of patients were compared.
Results: 51 (31.1%) patients were male and 113 (68.9%) patients were female. Mean age of patients was 55.35±11.73 years. Postoperative complications were found in only 2.1% of patients in Group 1 and 23.9% of patients in Group 2 (p<0.05). Recurrence rates for Group 1 and 2 was 25.7% and 20%, respectively (p>0.05). No statistical difference was observed between groups regarding to pain scores and satisfaction rates (p>0.05).
Conclusion: Although laparoscopic repair seems to have advantages, it has no superiority to the open repair regarding pain and satisfaction.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Health Care Administration
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Murat Kuş
0000-0001-6529-7579
Türkiye
Nezih Akkapulu
0000-0001-7392-961X
Türkiye
Hakan Yabanoğlu
0000-0002-1161-3369
Türkiye
Hüseyin Özgür Aytac
0000-0002-3583-9282
Türkiye
Nurkan Törer
0000-0002-2749-3787
Türkiye
Publication Date
December 3, 2018
Submission Date
August 7, 2017
Acceptance Date
November 2, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2018 Volume: 57 Number: 4