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

• DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-13-s2-s23
• Publication Date: 2013-10-08T09:03:44Z
• Authors: Alessia G Ferrarese; Valter Martino; Stefano Enrico; Alessandro Falcone; Silvia Catalano; Enrico Gibin; Silvia Marola; Alessandra Surace; Mario Solej
• Keywords: Male; Time Factors; Hernia, Inguinal; wound defect; incisional hernia; laparoscopy; elderly; Hernia, Ventral; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Humans; Surgery; Female; Laparoscopy; Herniorrhaphy; Research Article; Aged; Retrospective Studies

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.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.