 Thirty-two consecutive patients with no acute disease and severe chronic disorder were qualified for inguinal hernia laparoscopic surgery. All were caucasian males, aged 24-69 underwent one of two different surgical approaches: totally extra-peritoneal TEP repair and single incision laparoscopic surgery SILS. TEP patients created Group 1 n 17 and SILS patients formed Group 2 n 17. 