It was reported in a journal article title: pain, quality of life and recovery after laparoscopic ventral hernia repair.This prospective descriptive multicentre study was performed to characterise postoperative pain, period of recovery and quality of life in detail.From november 2005 to may 2006, 32 patients (19 male and 13 female; age range: 30-71 years; bmi: 21-42 kgm2) with hernias >3 cm prospectively underwent laparoscopic ventral hernia repair (lvhr) using ¿¿double-crown¿¿ titanium tack mesh fixation.All operations were performed under general anaesthesia and proceed mesh (ethicon) was used in all patients.Reported complications included seromas (n-23) which disappeared spontaneously after 6 months, superficial wound infection (n-10) which were treated successfully with oral antibiotics, postoperative subcutaneous hematoma/hematoma (n-6), postoperative pain vas score for the first three days (n-?) and postoperative pain vas score for the first week (n-?).In conclusion, lvhr was associated with considerable postoperative pain and fatigue in the first postoperative month, prolonging the time of convalescence and significantly affecting patients¿ quality of life up to 6 months postoperatively.
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