Open AccessA study of contralateral occult inguinal hernia in adult male patients undergoing total extraperitoneal herniorraphy
Author(s) -
Satyendra K. Tiwary,
Satendra Kumar,
Raghunath More,
Vijay Shankar,
Sandip Kumar,
Amit Nandan Dhar Dwivedi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_207_20
Subject(s) - medicine , occult , groin , hernia , inguinal hernia , surgery , incidence (geometry) , prospective cohort study , physics , alternative medicine , pathology , optics
The incidence of contralateral occult hernia (COH) varies from 4.2% to 57.5%. Total extraperitoneal (TEP) gives us opportunity to visualize contralateral groin for occult hernia and its simultaneous repair. Ultrasonography (USG) helps to diagnose occult hernia preoperatively with detection rate of 96.6% with specificity 84.4%.