Purpose: Many studies compared the outcomes of hernia repair in children between open and laparoscopic techniques.However, the results still need to be clarified.Moreover, the reports from developing countries are also limited.Methods: We compared the outcomes of hernia repair between the open and laparoscopic techniques in children and associated them with risk factors.Results: We involved 92 children, consisting of laparoscopy (36 males and 10 females) and open (42 males and 4 females) methods.There was a significant difference between 2 groups regarding the gestational age and age at surgery (both P 0.05).Conclusion: Laparoscopic surgery might have a beneficial effect on shorter LOS compared with open hernia repair.None of the risk factors is significantly associated with hernia recurrence after repair.A further prospective multicenter study with a larger sample size is necessary to clarify our findings.
Adriansyah et al. (Thu,) studied this question.