Lap-hernia trial gives equivocal results
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Laparoscopic hernia repair leads to more complications than open surgery but quality of life is better and pain scores lower with MIS, according to early results from a UK trial. The results of the 125-patient randomised trial, co-ordinated by the Health Service Research Unit at the University of Oxford, contradict a St Bartholomew's Hospital (London) study published in The Lancet last year (vol 343, pp 1243-5).
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