Authors: J Stranne J Hugosson P Lodding
Publish Date: 2007/04/04
Volume: 11, Issue: 3, Pages: 247-252
Abstract
Inguinal hernia is a known complication after radical retropubic prostatectomy RRP We have investigated whether other types of lower midline incision surgery in males increase the risk of inguinal hernia Male patients operated with open prostatectomy for benign prostate hyperplasia n = 95 pelvic lymph node dissection for staging of prostate cancer n = 88 or cystectomy for bladder cancer n = 76 were identified and were sent questionnaires in which they were asked about postoperative inguinal hernia morbidity Twohundred and seventyone men operated with RRP had previously received a similar questionnaire The answers were compared with those from a control group of 953 men who had not undergone surgery Annual attributional hernia morbidity and Kaplan–Meier herniafree survival were calculated The cumulative incidence of postoperative inguinal hernia and annual attributional hernia morbidity after the respective surgical procedures were clearly higher during the early years postoperation than for nonoperated patients Inguinal hernia is a common postoperative complication in males after all the lower midline incision surgery investigatedTo statistician Catrin Berqvist PhD for valuable contributions and supervision in planning and executing statistical data in the study To the Swedish Cancer Society Stockholm grant no 4675B0505XAC the Swedish Medical Association Stockholm grant no 2004577 and the Göteborg Medical Association Göteborg grant no 04/205 and 05/4174 for financial support
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