A Comparative Study of Di?erent Treatment Modalities of Inguinal Hernia:

Tarun Kumar Naik; Manish Kumar Khare

Tarun Kumar Naik Associate Professor, Department of General Surgery, Shri Shankaracharya Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India
Manish Kumar Khare Associate Professor, Department of General Surgery, Shri Shankaracharya Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India

Keywords: Hernia, Inguinal, Lichtenstein Method

Abstract

Background: Hernia is mainly defined as a protrusion, bulge or projection of an organ or a part of an organ through the body wall that normally contains it. The present study compared different treatment modality of inguinal hernia. Subjects and Methods: 80 cases of lingual hernia of both genders were divided into 2 groups of 40 each. Group I patients underwent Lichtensteins hernioplasty and group II patients underwent preperitoneal meshplasty. Parameters such as time taken for surgery, early complications were recorded. Results: Group I had 22 males and 18 females and group II had 25 males and 15 females. The mean time of surgery in group I was 46.2 minutes and in group II was 55.2 minutes. The early complication was seroma 2 each in group I and 1 in group II, wound infection 3 cases in group I and 2 in group II, pain 2 in group I, mesh infection 3 in group I and 1 in group II and testicular atrophy 1 in group I. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Conclusion: Inguinal hernias were effectively managed with both techniques.

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