High complication rates during and after repeated Lichtenstein or laparoscopic inguinal hernia repairs in the same groin: a cohort study based on medical records.
Stina ÖbergM L JessenK AndresenJ V RothmanJ RosenbergPublished in: Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery (2019)
Intraoperative events and 1-year postoperative complications were high for both Lichtenstein-Lichtenstein and Laparoscopy-Laparoscopy, and the results therefore support guidelines that recommend another approach at reoperation.