Ansar Latif, Usman Sohban, Anila Sarwar, Namra Chaudhary.
Prognosis of Surgical Treatment of Groin Hernias at Allama Iqbal Teaching Hospital, Sialkot.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;12(3):990-2.

Aim:. To analyse the quatum of hernia surgery and its associated morbidity in surgical department of Allama Iqbal Memorial Teaching Hospital, Sialkot. Study Design: Prospective study. Place and duration of study : Department of General Surgery, Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College, Sialkot from January 2015 to January 2018. Methods: All patients serially presented in the surgery Department of Allama Iqbal Memorial hospital fulfilling the inclusion criteria are registered. The patients were divided in two groups: Group I – Prolene Darn repair and Group II – Mesh repair. Minimum of three months of follow up is must for inclusion in the study. Data was entered and analysis done by SPSS v 22. Results: Total number of patients in our study were 2135 (100%), with the age of 9-64 years, having mean of 47+8 years, out of which 2116 were males and 19 were females. 1454 of total patients had right sided hernia and remaining 564 had left sided hernia,110 patients had recurrence and 42 patients had hernia on both sides(which were operated separately), femoral hernia was in only 7 patients. 2081 patients were operated through open surgical approach and remaining 54 were operated laproscopically. 437 patients had Prolene Darn Repair and 1698 patients were treated through Mesh Repair . Conclusion: Surgery for repair of groin hernias occupies main bulk of elective operation lists. The surgery not only has good results but we have comparably low complication rates.

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