A randomized controlled study comparing the outcome of laparoscopic totally extra peritoneal repair versus Desarda repair in the management of inguinal hernia
Abstract:Background: Desarda repair is a technique of a tissue based tension free mesh free inguinal hernia repair, shown to be comparable to the standard Lichtenstein repair. Till date, no study has been done comparing Desarda repair with laparoscopic total extra peritoneal repair (TEP), hence this study was planned.Methods: The prospective randomized controlled study was done over a period of 18 months, and included a total of 50 patients, randomly allocated into 2 groups: TEP (group 1) and Desarda repair (group 2), … Show more
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