Laporoscopic Surgery as the Gold Standard Surgery for Inguinal Hernia in Children

Inguinal hernia in children is one of the most common diseases requiring surgical treatment. There are two methods of surgical interventions for inguinal hernia in children: open and laparoscopic. In international clinical practice, open hernia repair is widely used due to the simplicity of the technique which does not require special tools. However, the percentage of complications and relapse frequency remain high when open hernia repair is performed. The article presents the analysis of the treatment results in 209 children with strangulated inguinal hernia who underwent open and laparoscopic surgery in the period from 2003 to 2014. The open hernia repair (Krasnobaev or Martynov technique) was performed in 89 children. The following complications were registered: edema of the spermatic cord — in 34 patients, non-viable loop of the intestine — in 2; one child had a vermicular appendix with signs of striation in the hernial sac, 4 patients — a vermiform appendix with signs of inflammation. In 6 cases the contents of the hernial sac included the strand of the greater omentum, in 1 — the strand of the greater omentum with signs of acute ischemia. In 12 children, the hernial protrusion was absorbed to the abdominal, and therefore no revision was required. In 1 patient, the early postoperative period was complicated by peritonitis due to bowel wall necrosis. Laparoscopic hernioplasty was performed in 120 pediatric patients. The contents of the hernial sac in 86 cases included a loop of the small intestine, in 7 — an appendix and a site of the caecum, in 15 — the ovary and fallopian tubes, in 5 — the strand of the greater omentum. In 14 children, unobliterated internal inguinal rings previously not diagnosed were detected when examining the abdomen. Simultaneous appendectomy was performed when the cecum and the appendix were strangulated. Laparoscopic techniques omitting the disadvantages of an open repair method make it possible to remove a restrained organ from the abdominal sac, to assess its viability, to visualize the neck of the hernial sac avoiding mobilization of the elements of the spermatic cord, and to perform hernioplasty. The endosurgical technique allows diagnosing the obliteration of the peritoneum (processus vaginalis) from the contralateral side and performs interventions simultaneously from both sides.

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