Authors: Darin Lohsiriwat Varut Lohsiriwat
Publish Date: 2013/01/30
Volume: 43, Issue: 9, Pages: 990-994
Abstract
The subjects of this prospective observational study were 24 patients who underwent emergency Lichtenstein hernioplasty for an incarcerated inguinal hernia between September 2002 and January 2006 at the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital Thailand Patients with bowel strangulation and recurrent hernia were excluded We evaluated the longterm outcomes over at least a 2year followupLongterm followup was completed for 20 patients 833 All of the patients were men with a median age of 60 years range 19–78 years at the time of surgery The median time to resumption of normal daily activities was 3 weeks range 1–8 weeks None of the patients had inguinal paresthesia persisting beyond 1 month after the operation One patient 5 experienced chronic groin pain which subsided within 4 months after surgery Clinical recurrence was detected in two patients 10 during a median followup period of 6 years range 23–76 years Contralateral inguinal hernia was found in two patients 10 during followupLichtenstein hernioplasty is a safe and effective operation for nonstrangulated incarcerated inguinal hernia with a recurrence rate of 10 at the median followup time of 6 years Chronic groin pain and inguinal paresthesia were rare in this series
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