A comparison of post operative @entity158 and hospital stay between Lichtenstein's repair and Laparoscopic Transabdominal Preperitoneal (TAPP) repair of XXXX : A randomized controlled trial.

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OBJECTIVE: To compare the open Lichtenstein repair and laparoscopic mesh repair for direct @entity169 in terms of immediate post operative @entity158 and length of hospital stay. METHODS: This randomized control trial was conducted at Benazir Bhutto Hospital Rawalpindi from January 2009 to June 2010. All @entity1 presenting in the surgical OPD with @entity169 , ASA I/II, were randomly divided in two equal groups. Group-I, @entity1 underwent Lichtenstein's repair and Group-II had hernioplasty by laparoscopic method (TAPP). Post operative @entity158 intensity assessed by VAS and hospital stay measured in hours. RESULTS: A total 60 @entity1 of @entity169 were studied. The mean age was 61.48  7. The range of postoperative @entity158 experienced was 5.55 as per VAS among all @entity1 . In group-I (open hernioplasty) majority of @entity1 (53.33%, n=16) experience severe type of @entity158 where as in group-II, moderate severity of @entity158 was reported by large number of @entity1 (63.34%, n=19). The mean post operative @entity158 intensity as per VAS was 6.23 in group-I and 4.43 in group-II @entity1 . The mean length of hospital stay was slightly less (35.10 hrs) in group-I as compared to group-II (38.70 hrs). CONCLUSION: There is definitely less post operative @entity158 after laparoscopic repair but hospital stay is same in both the procedures but laparoscopic procedure does increase the cost.
