Does extraperitoneal approach induce postoperative inguinal hernia compared with transperitoneal approach after laparoscopic radical prostatectomy?
Inguinal hernia is a frequent complication after laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, and the incidence of inguinal hernia is greater with the extraperitoneal approach than with the transperitoneal approach.
The results of this study indicated that there was a subtle difference in the incidence of mucinous adenocarcinoma between young and old patients with CRC. However, stage I-III young patients had a similar disease-free survival period as the older patients. Other clinicopathologic characteristics, and tumor markers such as CEA, MMP-2, and p27(kip1), were also similar between young and old CRC patients.