Abdul Ghader Barazandeh Moghadam1, Syed Asif Shah Harooni2
BACKGROUND
It maybe said with assurance that inguinal hernia is among the oldest of man's maladies and one of the first to be recognised, so inescapable in its appearance and so tell-tale the discomfort. The treatment of hernia, in particular, inguinal hernia, which is the most common type of hernia that occurs in population has got drastic changes in the last 100 years. In the period before Bassini started doing hernia surgery, the recurrence rate was 100% by 4 years. Now, it is <1%. Especially, the invasion of laparoscopy has changed the scenario. Laparoscopy is used in emergency inguinal surgeries also. Although, we have made a great progress in treating hernia, the management of its complications has made little, the postoperative complications, mortality are alarmingly high, especially in the aged people in case of strangulated inguinal hernia. Obstructed inguinal hernia is one complication of inguinal hernia that precedes strangulation. If one could interfere at the stage of obstruction and treat it in correct time, we can avoid major morbidity and mortality. A sincere effort has been put in this study to understand the clinical and surgical aspects, outcomes and the complications while addressing these issues.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Eighty patients who attended the OPD in the Department of General Surgery were taken up for the study. This study was done in the Department of General Surgery, Deccan College of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad. The study was done from 2013 to 2015.
RESULTS
Bleeding is significantly associated with open type of repair in early complications. Chronic pain is significantly associated with open type of repair in late complications.
CONCLUSION
This study successfully studies the clinical and surgical aspects of inguinal hernia.
