Comparison of Complications of Laparoscopic and Open Hernioplasty of Inguinal Hernia in Hamadan Beesat Hospital

Open and laparoscopic surgery are performed around the world to treat this condition. The aim of this study is to compare post operative complications of these two surgical methods.Subjects and In this randomized clinical trial 100 patients with inguinal hernia were evaluated in two groups (open group A and laparoscopic surgery group B). Patients were followed at 1 week and 3 months post-operatively to evaluate complications such as wound infection, edema, post-operative direct hernia, hydrocele, testicular atrophy and chronic pain. Data were statistically analyzed through chi square and t-tests. In open hernioplasty group (A) there were 46 males and 4 females and in laparoscopy group (B) 44 males and 6 females (P>0.05). Mean age in hernioplasty group was 17.6 years and 16.3 years in laparoscopy group (P>0.05). There were 4 mild, 2 moderate and 1 severe inflammation in group A and 1 mild and 1 moderate inflammation and none wound infections in group B (P>0.05), one week after surgery. There was no wound infection, testicular atrophy and post operative direct hernia in any of the groups. Three months after surgery 4 chronic pain cases were recorded in group A and 3 in group B. One patient with hydrocele was recorded in group B. (P>0.0).The findings of this study showed that there were no statistically significant differences in post-operative complications between either laproscopic or open hernioplasty.