Ventral Hernia Laparoscopic versus Open Repair Dr.abdullah A. Salman; F.i.c.m.s.general Surgery Project to Be Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of Diploma in Minimal Accese Surgery Laparoscopy Hospital New Delhi

There is continued debate as to the role of laparoscopy in ventral hernia repair, although laparoscopic repair become increasingly popular, its outcomes need further evaluation. For this reason we performed this study comparing open and laparoscopic ventral hernia repair. The main out come measures were operating time, hospital stay, perioperative complication and recurrence rate In this study twenty one literature were reviewed in which around 3480 patients underwent laparoscopic ventral hernia repair (LVHR) or open ventral hernia repair (OVHR) The open and laparoscopic repair groups were comparable in patient age, sex, preoperative anesthesiologists score, and hernia size. Duration of hospitalization and number of perioperative complication was significantly greater in open group; operative time were significantly longer in laparoscopic group Conclusions :in this review laparoscopic repair of ventral hernia took longer operative time to perform than open repair but was associated with fewer prrioperative complications(although more serious),shorter hospital stay and less recurrence rate