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INGUINAL HERNIAS: A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON A TECHNIQUE OF REPAIR BASED ON THE KEEL PRINCIPLE
Author(s) -
Parkash Satya,
Mayooranathan T. S.,
Ananthakrishnan N.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1983.tb02386.x
Subject(s) - keel , medicine , inguinal canal , posterior wall , hernia , surgery , inguinal hernia , anatomy , structural engineering , engineering
Most adult hernias have a defect in the posterior wall of the inguinal canal even though the initial defect, in an indirect hernia, is the presence of a sac at the internal ring. It is imperative to strengthen the posterior wall without disturbing the normal shutter mechanism of the inguinal canal. A technique is described which achieves this by applying the keel principle to the repair. Data regarding 215 such repairs done during the last five years is presented. The follow‐up available however does not satisfy the standard critical criteria and as such this is presented only as a preliminary report and a rational idea.