Quality of life of patients after inguinal hernioplasty by endoscopic methods

A comparative analysis of the indicators of 53 men who underwent inguinal hernioplasty using the TEP (n = 20) and TAPP (n = 33) methods was carried out. Quality of life was assessed using the international questionnaire EQ-5D on the 1st day, 1 month and 12 months after surgery. Monitoring of quality of life parameters showed differences in the assessment of their condition by patients who underwent TEP and TAPP, which were most pronounced on the first day after surgery. The presence of problems during this period for all components of the EQ-5D questionnaire, to a greater extent, was associated by patients with pain / discomfort in the operation area. The latter were maximally manifested in the majority of those who underwent TAPP (64%), which also affected their lower assessment of their health status. The revealed differences disappear within a month after the interventions and are absent 12 months after the operation. Key words: quality of life, inguinal hernioplasty, endoscopic methods.