Open AccessEARLY COMPLICATIONS OF INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR
Author(s) -
Mirza Asadullah Beg,
S. H. Mehdi,
Sheeraz Shakoor Siddiqui
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2007.14.01.3635
Subject(s) - medicine , inguinal hernia , surgery , hernia , general surgery
Introduction: Although most complications are of a mild variety, some severe, potentially life-threatening complications have also been reported such as bleeding from the femoral vessels. Period: From January till July 2005. Materials& Methods All adult patients admitted for inguinal hernia repair on an elective basis were included. Records of hernioplasties done were also incorporated in the database. Exclusion criteria Age under 14 years, emergency surgery and incomplete records. Results: A total of 205 elective inguinal hernioplasties were performed. The complications wereencountered classified into three categories; Pei-operative, Anesthesia-related & Post-operative. Conclusion: We propose that all future research categorize the complications according to the proposed causes so as to better streamline the future guidelines.