A Prospective Comparative Study of Shouldice Inguinal Hernia Repair and Total Transabdominal Preperitoneal (TAPP) Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Single-Center Experience
The operative time was significantly shorter for Shouldice than for laparoscopic TAPP. Postoperative pain and recurrence rates were comparable in both groups, whereas the seroma and testicular atrophy rates were higher in the laparoscopic TAPP group.
Authors
- Prema Ram Choudhary (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7098-2626)
- Vipul D. Yagnik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4008-6040)
- Chintankumar J. Patel
- Dinesh Prasad
Institutions
- Government Medical College (IN)
- Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat (IN)
- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physiology (CZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.93679
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Hernia repair and management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01