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. 2014 Jan-Mar;27(1):30-3.
doi: 10.1590/s0102-67202014000100008.

Quality of life of in patients submitted to anterior abdominal wall laparoscopic hernioplasty

Ricardo Zugaib Abdalla  1 , Rodrigo Biscuola Garcia  1 , Danniel Frade Said  1 , Beatrice Martinez Zugaib Abdalla  1
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Quality of life of in patients submitted to anterior abdominal wall laparoscopic hernioplasty

Ricardo Zugaib Abdalla et al. Arq Bras Cir Dig. 2014 Jan-Mar.

Abstract
in English, Portuguese

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

Aim: To evaluate the applicability of a quality of life survey based on the molds of the American Hernia Society, European Hernia Society and Carolinas Equation for Quality of Life, through telephone in patients submitted to laparoscopic hernioplasty by IPOM technique.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was made to evaluate the quality of life of 21 patients that underwent anterior abdominal wall laparoscopic hernioplasty by intraperitoneal onlay mesh technique. Questionnaire was applied through telephone.

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

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

Racional: A técnica de reparo de hérnia ventral via laparoscópica possibilitou operações com menor incisão na pele e menor dissecção dos tecidos moles ao redor da hérnia, portanto, melhor ferida operatória, rápido pós-operatório do paciente, retorno breve às atividades e menor taxa de complicações.

Objetivo: Avaliar a aplicabilidade de um questionário de qualidade de vida baseado nos moldes da American Hernia Society, European Hernia Society e Carolinas Equation for Quality of Life em pacientes submetidos à hernioplastias laparoscópicas da parede abdominal anterior (incisional/ epigástrica/ umbilical).

Método: Em estudo retrospectivo de coorte envolvendo total de 21 pacientes no pós-operatório de 12 meses de hernioplastia laparoscópica da parede abdominal anterior pela técnica de “intraperitoneal onlay mesh” foram submetidos, por via telefônica, ao questionário da qualidade de vida.

Resultados: Dos 21 pacientes, 19% sentiram retorno da hérnia e 81% relataram que nada aconteceu. Além disso 19% passaram por outra operação abdominal, sendo que dentre esses, 75% estava relacionada à hérnia previamente corrigida e 81% não passaram por nenhuma outra operação abdominal.

Conclusão: Foi possível aplicar o questionário de qualidade de vida por via telefônica; a qualidade referida foi satisfatória e mostrou que os pacientes, de modo geral, ficaram satisfeitos com o procedimento cirúrgico.

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Conflicts of interest: none

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