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Laparoscopic Parastomal Hernia Repair: A Description of the Technique and Initial Results
Emmanouil Zacharakis*,
Roland Hettige,
Sanjay Purkayastha,
Rajesh Aggarwal,
Thanos Athanasiou,
Ara Darzi,
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Paul Ziprin
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: e.zacharakis{at}imperial.ac.uk.
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In this study, the authors review their initial results with the laparoscopic approach for parastomal hernia repair. Between 2006 and 2007, 4 patients were treated laparoscopically at out institution. The hernia sac was not excised. A piece of Gore-Tex DualMesh with a central keyhole and a radial incision was cut so that it could provide at least 3 to 5 cm of overlap of the fascial defect. The mesh was secured to the margins of the hernia with circumferential metal tacking and transfascial sutures. No complications occurred in the postoperative period. After a median follow-up of 9 months, recurrence occurred in 1 patient. This was our first patient in whom mesh fixation was performed only with circumferential metal tacking. The laparoscopic repair of parastomal hernias seems to be a safe, feasible and promising technique offering the advantages of minimally-invasive surgery. The success of this approach depends on longer follow-up reports and standardization of the technical elements.
First published on May 13, 2008, doi:10.1177/1553350608319031
Surgical Innovation 2008;15:85.
A more recent version of this article appeared on June 1, 2008
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