REPAIR OF INGUINAL-HERNIA, EXPERIENCE WIT H THE LAPAROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE IN 300 CASES

300 laparoscopic treatments of inguinal hernia repair have be done in our hospital between may 1992 and juin 1994. 134 times we have seen a median hernia and 166 times a lateral one. In 44 patients (14 %) we di d the repair of hernia for bilateral disease. In 66 cases we underwent for recidive; 55 times after hernia repair by the Bassini technique o r Shouldice technique, and only 8 times after laparoscopic repair. In 1.4 % we have seen early recidivism, no more then in the classical tec hnique. Of course philosophy of this technique is very different to th e traditional repair of inguinal hernia, but the encouraging results, important decrease of pain after surgery and the early uptake of norma l activity are the reasons why we use this technique for nearly all re cidivism of hernia repair and even for a great number of important her nias.