Abstract
Aim: To study the complications after surgical treatment of Hernia in emergency
Methods: We analyzed different types of hernia, including but not limited to inguinal hernia, umbilical hernia and incisional hernia, operated on an emergency basis during a 1-year period (01/06/17 to 30/05/2018). A total of 204 patients with non-reducible hernia were evaluated.
Results: According to types of hernia, 119 (58.3%) cases had inguinal hernia, 63 (30.9%) cases had umbilical hernia, 18(8.8%) cases had incisional hernia and 4(2%) cases had miscellaneous hernias. The hernias recurred in 7(3.4%) of the cases in which the 2 cases had recurrence in 1 month, 3 cases in 6 months and 2 cases had recurrence in 12 months. Among cases who had recurrence of hernia, there were 3(42.9%) cases of 40-60 years old, 4 (57.1%) cases were of the 60-80 years age group. All recurrences were in males, while 3(42.9%) cases had complications and 4(57.1%) cases had no complications. Moreover, out of the 7 cases, 4(57.1%) had inguinal hernia, 2 (28.6%) had umbilical hernia and 1(14.3%) cases had incisional hernia.
Conclusion: Overall, there was no statistical association of recurrences of hernia with age groups, gender (though all were male), complications and types of hernia.