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Nerve irritation after laparoscopic hernia repair.

Surg Endosc

September 1999

Surgical Clinic, Mannheim Clinic of Heidelberg University, Parkstrasse 15, D-74189 Weinsberg, Germany.

Background: Between October 1992 and May 1996, 893 hernia repairs were performed at the Surgical Clinic in Mannheim: 448 (50%) using laparoscopy (TAPP-method) and 445 (50%) using the conventional anterior approach (Shouldice).

Materials And Methods: For this study, 723 (81%) of these repairs were followed up in a prospective trial of postoperative nerve irritations.

Results: The rate of nerve entrapment in the laparoscopic group was 4.

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During 7057 conventional cholecystectomies (1972-1991), 16 bile duct injuries occurred, amounting to a risk of 0.22%. A total of 1022 laparoscopic cholecystectomies were performed without such a complication since April 1990.

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