Postoperative Complications Of Inguinal Hernia Repair
Factors associated with postoperative complications and hernia recurrence for patients undergoing inguinal hernia repair.
Postoperative complications of inguinal hernia repair. Imaging of early postoperative complications after polypropylene mesh repair of inguinal hernia. In both the open and laparoscopic repair procedures the aim is to cover the whole inguinofemoral area by a preperitoneal prosthetic mesh and recurrences should not occur. About 75 out of 1000 cases of hernia surgery have chronic pain as one of the hernia repair complications. 1 cattedra r di radiologia dicmi università degli studi di genova.
Infection of the hernia wound or mesh is an uncommon postoperative complication but represents another etiology of hernia recurrence. A report from the va cooperative hernia study group. Chronic pain is common after inguinal hernia repair and has become one of the most important outcome measures for this procedure. Factors associated with postoperative complications and hernia recurrence for patients undergoing inguinal hernia repair.
Inguinal hernia repair in recurrence generally the short term recurrence rate of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair is reported to be less than 5 percent. The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not there is a relationship between specific postoperative complications and risk for chronic pain after open inguinal hernia repair. These include the following. Early postoperative complications may be either systemic or local with cardiac and respiratory conditions comprising the former group.
Prospective evaluation of 6895 groin hernia repairs in women. Koch a edwards a haapaniemi s et al. In specialized hernia practices the incidence of wound infection following inguinal hernia operation is 1 or less. Article in english italian crespi g 1 giannetta e mariani f floris f pretolesi f marino p.
This is relatively early in post conception life for inguinal hernia repair and may have contributed to the seemingly high rate of postoperative intubation of 32 9. Am j surg 2007. Miscellaneous intraoperative complications relate to problems associated with the repair of massive hernias missed hernia and the loss of strangulated bowel into the abdominal cavity. Current approaches to inguinal hernia repair.
Unfortunately complications sometimes occur. Early postoperative complications include seroma formation and hematoma 8 22 of cases urinary retention and wound infection 1 7 of cases. Matthews rd anthony t kim lt et al. A report from the va cooperative.