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Volume 7 Issue 10 (October, 2019)

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Assessment of outcome of sutureless mesh repair of inguinal hernia- An observational study
Vinod Kumar Saxena, Suvek Varshney

Background: Inguinal hernias account for 75% of abdominal wall hernias, with a lifetime risk of 27% in men and 3% in women. Repair of inguinal hernia is one of the most common operations in general surgery. Hence; the present study was undertaken for assessing the outcome of sutureless mesh repair of inguinal hernia. Materials & methods: A total of 20 male patients were enrolled in the present study. Inguinal hernia repair was performed by placing mesh on posterior inguinal wall and without applying fixation suture or glue. All the patients were kept fasting for 8 hours, the operation area was shaved and cleaned one day before surgery. All the procedure of Sutureless mesh repair of inguinal hernia was performed under the hands of skilled and experienced surgeons. Postoperative pain scores were analysed at different time intervals on a scale of 0 to 10 with 0 indicating no pain and 10 indicating maximum pain. All the results were recorded in Microsoft excel sheet and were analysed by SPSS software. Results: Mean postoperative pain score at 1 hour, 6 hour, 12 hour and 24 hour postoperatively were found to be 4.66, 3.82, 3.10 and 2.13 respectively. Mena duration of hospital stay was found to be 1.19 days respectively. Postoperative seroma formation and postoperative infection were found to be present in 1 patient each. Conclusion: Sutureless mesh repair in the treatment of inguinal hernia cases is an effective technique in terms of occurrence of minimal postoperative complications and lesser time of procedure. Key words: Inguinal hernia, Repair, Sutureless

 
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