The Laparoscopic Cure of the Parietal Golden Standard Defects for the Rapid Recovery of Professional Athletes

Abstract

Abdominal hernia repair procedures are some of the most common procedures in a surgical department. Among the causes of hernia we can mention the existence of a natural anatomical orifice in a weak area of the abdominal wall and the pressure variation on the wall. Lately, the golden standard for antero-lateral wall defects repair has become the laparoscopic approach. Due to the fact that the Spiegelian hernia diagnosis has a surgical treatment indication, the purpose of this paper is to highlight the advantages of the laparoscopic method in the recovery of performance athletes. This paper is a case study of a professional karate athlete, who was treated for a left Spiegel hernia with a laparoscopic alloplastic procedure. Resultsthe postoperative recovery lasted for 2 days, as opposed to 5-day recovery in hospital which would be required by applying the classical procedure, minimal postoperatory pain was experienced and there was fast professional reinstatement - the usual training was resumed 2 weeks after the surgery (while with the classical approach it would have required at least a month of recovery) and participation in competitions after 3 months. No recurrences have been observed during follow-up.