Title: Adult Lichtenstein inguinal hernia tension-free repair: a report of 130 cases
Abstract: Objective To evaluate effection of Lichtenstein tension-free hernioplasty. Method a retrospective analysis of 130 cases of unilateral Lichtenstein inguinal hernia repair in Department of general surgery of our hospital between January 2010 and December 2011,Including the right inguinal hernia in 79 cases( 60. 7%),left inguinal hernia in 51 cases( 39. 3%). There 116 cases of indirect inguinal hernia( 89. 3%),13 cases of direct inguinal hernia( 10%) and 1 case of complex hernia( 0. 7%),including 5 cases of recurrent hernia( 3. 8%) and 7 cases of strangulated hernia( 5. 3%). All the operations were performed by the doctors of the same group,with the follow-up of 6-30 months. Results All the 130 patients had successful operations. Postoperative hematoma of scrotum occurred in 2 patients, with successfully treatment conservatively. 12 patients felt pain after the operations. pain relieved in 2-5 days. Infection of incision and patch placement area didn't happened. 2 patients with inguinal region side felt numbly,with one patient feeling better and the other relieving in 6 months follow-up. One patient with chronic pain needed analgesic treatment. Conclusion Lichtenstein tension-free hernioplasty is an mature operation easy to develop and master.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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