EARLY POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS OF LICHTENSTEIN TENSION FREE REPAIR OF INGUINAL HERNIA
Keywords:
Inguinal, hernia, mesh hernioplasty, postoperative, pain, wound, infection, hematoma, seromaAbstract
Objectives: To find out the early postoperative complications of mesh repair of inguinal hernia by Lichtenstein
tension free method.
Material and Methods: This study was conducted in Surgical “D” Unit of Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar from
May 2012 to February 2013. Inguinal mesh repair by Lichtenstein tension free method was performed on 151
patients. They were followed up in the ward, at 2 weeks and 4 weeks interval for any complications.
Results: Wound hematoma occurred in 15(9.93%) cases, seroma in 14(9.31%), wound infection in 3(1.9%), the pain
in 18(11.92%), and urinary retention in 9(5.92%), and scrotal swelling in 5(3.3%) cases in the immediate
postoperative period. Seroma was found in 6(3.97%), wound infection in 2(1.3%), pain in 11(7.2%) at 4 weeks
postoperative follow-up.
Conclusion: Pain and wound hematoma were the two most common complications in mesh repair in the immediate
postoperative period.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
All articles published in the Journal of Medical Sciences (JMS) are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0). Under the CC BY 4.0 license, author(s) retain the ownership of the copyright publishing rights without restrictions for their content, and allow others to copy, use, print, share, modify, and distribute the content of the article even for commercial purposes as long as the original authors and the journal are properly cited. No permission is required from the author/s or the publishers for this purpose. Appropriate attribution can be provided by simply citing the original article. The corresponding author has the right to grant on behalf of all authors, a worldwide license to JMS and its licensees in all forms, formats, and media (whether known now or created in the future), The corresponding author must certify and warrant the authorship and proprietorship and should declare that he/she has not granted or assigned any of the article’s rights to any other person or body.
The corresponding author must compensate the journal for any costs, expenses, or damages that the JMS may incur as a result of any breach of these warranties including any intentional or unintentional errors, omissions, copyright issues, or plagiarism. The editorial office must be notified upon submission if an article contains materials like text, pictures, tables, or graphs from other copyrighted sources. The JMS reserves the right to remove any images, figures, tables, or other content, from any article, whether before or after publication, if concerns are raised about copyright, license, or permissions and the authors are unable to provide documentation confirming that appropriate permissions were obtained for publication of the content in question.
