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A Prospective Observational Study on Single-incision or Conventional Three-port Laparoscopic TEP Inguinal Hernia Repair
Table 9: Comparing the postoperative pain score using VAS
Visual analogue scale (VAS) CTEP SILS TEP
At 6 hours 3.1 (±1.2) 2.8 (±0.8)
At 24 hours 2 (±1) 1.2 (±1.1)

Fig. 13: Comparison of length of hospital stay

Table 8: Comparing the time to return to work after CTEP and SILS TEP
Time to return to work
Name of procedure (in days) Standard deviation
CTEP 3.7 0.8 Fig. 15: Comparison of postoperative pain score using VAS
SILS TEP 3.3 1.2

Table 10: Comparing the cosmetic outcome of patients after CTEP and
SILS TEP
Name of the procedure Cosmetic results mean Standard deviation
CTEP 3.9 ±0.8
SILS TEP 4.1 ±0.9

Fig. 14: Comparison of time to return to normal (nonstrenuous) work
after CTEP and SILS TEP procedure

return to work in CTEP 3.8 ± 0.8and SILS TEP 3.4 ± 1.2 as shown
in Table 8 and Figure 14 with p-value of 0.3 which is statistically
insignificant.
Fig. 16: Comparison of cosmetic outcome in CTEP and SILS TEP
Postoperative Pain Score procedures
In our study of 30 cases, CTEP was performed on 15 cases and
SILS TEP on 15 cases. The postoperative pain score was observed Cosmesis
in each group at 6 and 24 hours using visual analogue scale (VAS) In our study of 30 cases, 15 cases underwent CTEP and 15 cases
score. It was observed that the postoperative pain score was 3.1 underwent SILS TEP. The cosmetic outcome was graded by the
and 2 for CTEP group at 6 and 24 hours, respectively. Similarly, the patient 1 month postoperatively on a scale of 1–5. It was observed
postoperative pain score was 2.8 and 1.2 for SILS TEP group at 6 that the mean of cosmetic results was 3.9 and 4.1 for CTEP and SILS
and 24 hours, respectively, as is shown in Table 9 and Figure 15. The TEP, respectively, as is shown in Table 10 and Figure 16 with a p-value
p-value was 0.5 at 6 hours and 0.32 at 24 hours. of 0.23 which is statistically insignificant.

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