QUALITY OF LIFE OF IN PATIENTS SUBMITTED TO ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL LAPAROSCOPIC HERNIOPLASTY

Background

The laparoscopic ventral hernia repair technique made possible surgeries withsmaller skin incisions and smaller dissection of the soft tissue around thehernia, therefore with a better wound, a quicker postoperative recovery and alower complication rate.

Aim

To evaluate the applicability of a quality of life survey based on the molds ofthe American Hernia Society, European Hernia Society and Carolinas Equation forQuality of Life, through telephone in patients submitted to laparoscopichernioplasty by IPOM technique.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study was made to evaluate the quality of life of 21patients that underwent anterior abdominal wall laparoscopic hernioplasty byintraperitoneal onlay mesh technique. Questionnaire was applied throughtelephone.

Results

Of the 21 patients, 19% felt that the hernia recurred. Also 19% passed throughanother abdominal wall surgery, and among these, 75% was related to the previouslyhernia correction. Finally, 81% of patients did not undergo any other abdominalwall surgery.

Conclusion

It was possible to apply the quality of life questionnary by telephone on patientswho underwent an anterior abdominal wall. The results, in its turn, weresatisfactory and showed that patients, in general, were satisfied with thesurgical procedure.