Management of inguinal hernia experience of 334 cases at Hyderabad

ABSTRACT

A prospective study of 334 patients of Inguinal hernia was carried out at Liaquat Medical College Hospital, Jamshoro, Hyderabad in surgical Unit-II from January, 1987, to December, 1990. 329 [98.5%] were males and 5 [1.5%] were females. Peak age incidence was in the 1st and 3rd decade, 75 patients [22.4%] and 72 patients [21.5%] respectively. 211 patients [63.2%] had right sided hernia, 109 [32.6%] had left sided while 14 [4.2%] had bilateral hernia. 32 patients presented in emergency as complicated hernia while 302 were admitted as elective cases. No mortality occurred in the elective cases, while 2 patients died amongst those who presented with complicated hernia