Had a left inguinal (sp?) done the old way. Preferred it that way. Doc sliced me open, pulled the nerve bundle and femural artery out of the way and patched me up with no complications. In the hospital in the am and out later that day, walked to my vehicle - wife was driving. Had me up walking a few hrs out of surgery. Out of work for two days and back to work on the 3rd day. Mind you I was shuffling papers for about 2wks but overall, it wasn't too bad really.
Know a guy that went laparoscopic and had minor complications afterward. Had to do with nerves being pinched/damaged/stitched or something to that effect. He had to do pain management and finally had a needle shoved up his grion to kill the nerve.
Mind you, there will always be successful and not so successful operations no matter what route you take. I chose normal procedure because the complications from this type of surgery were much less.
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