Preetham Rai1, Shreesha Khandige2
INTRODUCTION
Inguinal hernias are by far the most common type of hernia. The treatment is of course surgical. Open surgical method and the use of synthetic mesh has been used since the 1950s to reinforce hernia repair. But the most problematic feature that surfaced was the emergence of chronic pain at the repair site. The pain can be differentiated into neuropathic or non-neuropathic cause. Several recent articles demonstrated an unacceptable high rate of chronic inguinal pain, with an average incidence of 12%, but sometimes reported as high as 53%. The main aim of the study is to find out the usefulness of glue over suture in the hernia repairs so as to keep the mesh in position. In our study we found out the glue method was the best in every aspect ie, in all criteria except the recurrence which also is not significant.
