… Our finding that laparoscopic repairs had a lower risk of reoperation compared with open
procedures is in line with previous studies from the Swedish Hernia Database [8, 9]. This …

… Reoperation for bowel obstruction or bowel resection was twice as common after laparoscopic
repair compared with open repair … associated with a decreased risk of operation for hernia …

… Laparoscopic repair provided excellent patient satisfaction … Reoperation rates were
comparable to the best open series. … with risks of radiographic recurrence and reoperation on …

… An individual patient's risk of reoperation is illustrated in Figure 4. … repair have significantly
higher risk of reoperation and represent the majority of patients with a >6% risk of reoperation …

… was to analyse the risk for reoperation following primary ventral hernia repair. … repair had
a better outcome than laparoscopic repair. The recurrence rates following laparoscopic repair …

… of fibrotic tissues and has an increased risk for perforating the esophagus or stomach. … faces
an 80% chance of a successful laparoscopic repair with short hospitalization, which is quite …

… underwent laparoscopic repair had a higher risk of recurrent IHR than those who underwent
open repair … Few high-volume laparoscopic surgeons (> 50 cases/year) could be identified. …

… recurrence after laparoscopic and open inguinal hernia repair, at … Such competing risks are
increasingly recognised as an … risks of recurrent inguinal hernia repair requiring re-operation…

… or more, the risk of reoperation after Lichtenstein repair was a quarter of that after sutured …
(open mesh and sutured repair) were considered, excluding laparoscopic repairs as only 5–8 …

… hernia repair, the relative risk of reoperation for … the risk of recurrence in open hernia repair
[odds ratio (OR)=1.49; 95% CI=0.97–2.30; p=0.069]. Complications after laparoscopic repair …