Ahmed Hassan Khan, Muhammad Arshad, Khalid Mahmood.
To Compare the Degree of Postop Pain Between Laparoscopic and Lichtenstein Surgery of Inguinal Hernia.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;12(4):1310-1.

Aim: To compare the degree of postoperative pain between laparoscopic and Lichtenstein surgery of inguinal hernia . Setting : Surgical department , DHQ teaching Hospital, Sargodha Duration of study : March, 2017 to December, 2017. Methodology : 100 patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria were included. They were divided into two groups A and B. The group A was with laparoscopic procedure and group B was with Lichtenstein' s surgery . Results : On 4th postoperative week in Group A, 38 % patients had mild pain, 12% patients had moderate pain and no patient with severe pain , while in group B, 36 % patients had mild pain, and 32% patients had complaint of moderate pain and 12 % patients had severe pain. On 8th postoperative week in Group A , only 12% patients had mild pain while in group B , 36% patients had moderate pain and no patient with severe pain . Conclusion : Laparoscopic repair is safe and has minimum postoperative effects as compared to Lichtenstein procedure.

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