ABSTRACT
Comparison of morbidity and short term complications of simultaneous bilateral inguinal hernia repair with sequential repair of bilateral inguinal hernia. Quasi-experimental study. Surgical department of CMH Rawalpindi from 19-8-2005 to 11-6-2006. In the study 50 patients underwent inguinal hernia repair, 25 underwent simultaneous bilateral repair [Group I] while the other 25 patients underwent sequential repairs with a variable time duration in between [Group II]. Results were recorded on a pre designed proforma. The number of days spent in the hospital by patients in group I was significantly less [4.8 days] than patients in group II [9.6 days]. The need for narcotic analgesics was also significantly increased in group II patients [19 as compared to 8]. The post operative complications were comparable in both the groups [6 in group I and 9 in group II]. A tension free technique allows bilateral inguinal hernias to be repaired during one operation with similar outcomes as unilateral tension free repair and less hospital stay than sequential repair