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Is tacking the lax transversalis fascia an easy, safe and effective way to reduce the occurrence of seroma after laparoscopic inguinal hernioplasty? A propensity score-matched and -adjusted analysis

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Background

Post-operative seroma formation rate is higher in laparoscopic hernioplasty as compared with open repair. Tacking of lax transversalis fascia of direct inguinal hernia is one of the many methods described to reduce the incidence of seroma after laparoscopic inguinal hernioplasty. Our objective is to investigate whether this technique is simple and reliable in reducing the incidence of seroma.

Methods

A retrospective analysis of 548 patients who underwent laparoscopic inguinal hernioplasty between January 2011 and December 2017 was conducted. Patients demographics, operative data and post-operative complications were collected. 38 patients with transversalis fascia tacking were matched using one-to-one propensity score matching with another 38 patients without transversalis fascia tacking. Propensity score-matched analysis and propensity score-adjusted analysis were performed.

Results

Patients who underwent transversalis fascia tacking (tacking group) had a significant lower incidence of post-operative seroma, compared to the non-tacking group tacking vs non-tacking: 5.6% vs 28.6% (p = 0.0097) in propensity-score matched analysis and 5.6% vs 21.3% (p = 0.0153) in propensity-score adjusted analysis. There was no difference noted in the duration of the operation and post-operative complications, in particular post-operative pain.

Conclusions

Tacking of lax transversalis facia to the symphysis pubis and Cooper’s ligament is a simple yet safe and effective way to reduce the occurrence of seroma after laparoscopic inguinal hernioplasty.

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  1. Department of General Surgery, Changi General Hospital, 2 Simei Street 3, Singapore, 529889, Singapore

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  2. Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

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Concept and design: L K R Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: K K L K R. Drafting of the manuscript: K K. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: L K R. Statistical analysis Nicholas L Syn, I J-Y W Study, supervision: L K R

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Kumaralingam, K., Syn, N.L., Wee, I.JY. et al. Is tacking the lax transversalis fascia an easy, safe and effective way to reduce the occurrence of seroma after laparoscopic inguinal hernioplasty? A propensity score-matched and -adjusted analysis. Hernia 24, 831–838 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-020-02158-x

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