ABSTRACT
Las hernias inguinales son una patología para tratamiento quirúrgico frecuente, afecta entre un 3 a 5 % de toda la población en general, su reparación resulta difícil y peligrosa en caso de recurrencia; un paciente sometido a cirugía tiene entre19 39 % de probabilidades de recidiva, y esto aumenta con cada nuevo procedimiento. Objetivo: caracterizar la prevalencia de recidivas de hernias inguinales en pacientes intervenidos quirúrgicamente en el Servicio de Cirugía General del Hospital Universitario de Caracas entre los años 2015-2020. Métodos: estudio retrospectivo, descriptivo y analítico. Resultados: se estudiaron 52 casos de recidivas de hernias inguinales, 43 % de un total de 120 pacientes sometidos a hernioplastia inguinal, las técnicas quirúrgicas con mayor número de recidivas fueron: la de Bassini con 14 %, la de Rutkow-Robbins con 10 % y la de Linchtenstein con 9 % de los casos; con un tiempo de recidiva posterior a la primera intervención el cual fue mayor al año de la primera intervención. Conclusiones: la recidiva resultó un poco mayor al promedio, el tiempo en el cual ocurrió es mayor al año de la intervención y las técnicas más involucradas fueron, enorden decreciente: Bassini, Rutkow-Robbins, y Linchtenstein(AU)
Inguinal hernias are a pathology for frequent surgical treatment, affecting between 3 to 5 % of the entire population in general, their repair is difficult and dangerousin case of recurrence; a patient undergoing surgery has a19-39 % chance of recurrence, and this increases with eachnew procedure. Objective: to characterize the prevalence of recurrences of inguinal hernias in patients undergoing surgery at the General Surgery Service of the Hospital Universitario de Caracas between the years 2015-2020. Methods: retrospective, descriptive and analytical study. Results: 52 cases of inguinalhernia recurrences were studied, 43 % of a total of 120 patients undergoing inguinal hernioplasty, the surgical techniques with the highest number of recurrences were: Bassini with 14 %,that of Rutkow-Robbins with 10 % and that of Linchtensteinwith 9 % of the cases; with a recurrence time after the first intervention which was greater than a year after the first intervention. Conclusions: the recurrence was a little high erthan the average, the time in which it occurred is greater than a year othehe intervention and the techniques most involved were,in decreasing order: Bassini, Rutkow-Robbins, and Lichtenstei(AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , General Surgery , Hernia, Inguinal/pathology , HerniorrhaphyABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: We propose a new open mesh hernia repair procedure for the treatment of inguinal hernias in adults aiming to improve patients' comfort and to reduce the incidence of chronic neuralgia. METHODS: From September 2012 to August 2015, 250 consecutive patients were treated with "all in-one" mesh hernioplasty procedure in our Institution. According to the devised technique, a new smaller prosthesis was placed on the floor of the inguinal canal in order to strengthen all areas of weakness from which hernias may originate. The mesh was enveloped by a fibro-cremasteric sheath avoiding contact with neural structures. Follow-up was carried out at 3, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months for evaluation of postoperative pain using Visual Analogue Scale score, need of medication, patients' comfort and short or long-term complications. RESULTS: All patients were discharged within 24 h from surgery. Slight pain was reported by the majority of patients and 47.6% of them did not require pain medication at home. After the 1st postoperative week 96.8% reported no pain and no other symptoms. No relevant limitation of normal activities was reported. There has been no postoperative neuralgia. One recurrence was observed. CONCLUSIONS: This new hernioplasty technique respects the anatomy of the inguinal canal, uses a smaller mesh, and seems to avoid neuralgia with maximum comfort for the patients.
