New trends: preperitoneal laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.

Laparoscopic herniorrhaphy is a relatively new and successful surgical technique and follow-up studies are beginning to provide short- and middle-term results. In this article, the authors discuss their experience and technique with the preperitoneal laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair between the years 1993 and 1995 during which they accomplished 30 herniorrhaphies on 25 patients with one recurrence and four postoperative neuralgias.