Transabdominal Preperitoneal Versus Lichtenstein Procedure for Inguinal Hernia Repair in Adults: A Comparative Evaluation of the Early Postoperative Pain and Outcomes.

Cureus · 2023 · PMC10423624 · PMID 37581138

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Most repairs are performed under general anesthesia on an inpatient basis, and there was a significant trend toward a laparoscopic repair or an open preperitoneal repair in patients with bilateral and recurrent hernias.

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Previous studies showed that patients returned to work sooner after TAPP repair than after Lichtenstein surgery, but the differences did not reach statistical significance [ 25 , 32 ].

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