Abstract
Introduction: Over 20,000,000 patients undergo scrotal hernia repair surgery every year, making it the most prevalent surgical repair. Through advancement in surgical techniques, repair is almost always successful, with a rate of recurrence that is less than 11%, and very few long-term complications, such as post-operative chronic pain, are reported.
Methodology: We conducted this review using a comprehensive search of MEDLINE, PubMed, and EMBASE, January 1987, through March 2017. The following search terms were used: scrotal hernias, scrotal swellings, prevalence of hernias, hernia repair, hernia surgery in complicated cases, emergent hernia surgery
Aim: Our aim in this study is to understand the recent international guidelines on the best surgical approaches to patients with scrotal hernia, along with outcomes and quality of life following each type of intervention.
Conclusion: Besides being fairly successful, the surgeries are followed by a relatively large number of recurrence. Several studies has been conducted which show that mesh-based, minimally invasive surgical repair techniques, are associated with the best outcomes, better quality of life, and lower rates of recurrence and postoperative complications.