Muhammad Khurram Zia, Yabinda Sehrish, Fatima Abbasi, Sajila Bano, Zakia Nehal, Asif Qureshi.
Comparison of Abdominal Binder Use Versus No Abdominal Binder Use After Ventral Abdominal Wall Hernia Repair.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;15(2):720-3.

Objective: The aim of this study is to compare the outcome of binder use versus no abdominal binder use after ventral abdominal wall hernia repair Material and methods: Hundred patients were included and underwent ventral hernia repair under general anesthesia. Then patients were randomly divided in two groups. Group A for Abdominal Binder and Group B for without Abdominal Binder by using lottery method. During 8 weeks, patients were followed-up in OPD fortnightly. Patient were evaluated for pain, Pulmonary Function Assessment on spirometer, Physical Function Assessment by 6 minutes` walk test, Seroma formation assessment, wound infection, wound dehiscence and patients` satisfaction. Data was analyzed in SPSS version 22 Results: In this study, the mean age of patients was 43.63+-7.25years in binder group while 44.24+-09.23 years in non-binder group. There were 23 males and 27 females in binder group while 25 males and 25 females in non-binder group. At the end of study, the mean pain score was 0.0+-0.0 in binder group while 0.9+-0.06 in non-binder group (p<0.05), the mean FEV1 was 91.12+-5.93 in binder group while 90.19+-14.22 in non-binder group (p>0.05) and the mean 6MWT was 548.94+-41.09m in binder group while 508.79+-38.93m in non-binder group (p<0.05). Seroma formation occur in 4 (8%) cases in binder group while in 12 (24%) in non-binder group (p<0.05). Wound infection occurred in 2 (4%) in binder group while in 8 (16%) cases of non-binder group (p<0.05) While wound dehiscence was not observed in any case in binder group (0%) but in 3 (6%) cases in non-binder group (p>0.05). Conclusion: Therefore, the findings of this study have shown that abdominal binder can strengthen the physical condition and treat the wound.

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