Transperitoneal laparoscopic radical prostatectomy in patients after laparoscopic prosthetic mesh inguinal herniorrhaphy.

Open radical retropubic prostatectomy has been reported to be difficult or impossible in patients who have previously undergone laparoscopic mesh bilateral inguinal hernia repair. We report 2 cases of successful laparoscopic transperitoneal radical prostatectomy performed in patients after prosthetic mesh inguinal herniorrhaphy. The first patient had undergone open bilateral preperitoneal inguinal hernia mesh repair 5 years previously and right laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal inguinal hernia mesh repair 7 months previously. The second patient had undergone bilateral transabdominal preperitoneal mesh inguinal herniorrhaphy 1 year previously.