Nasim Afzal Tarar, Muhammad Shoaib Hanif.
Management of inguinal Hernias.
Pak Armed Forces Med J Jan ;54(1):11-3.

This cohort comparative non-randomized study was done at CMH Pano Aqil from Jan 2000 to Jun 2001. Main objective was to evaluate technique related postoperative complications in inguinal hernia surgery. A total 100 patients with various types of inguinal hernia were admitted. They were divided in two groups with 50 patients in each group. Lichtenstien repair was done in group one and modified Shouldice repair in group two. However another current method i.e. laparoscopic herniorraphy was not included in this study due to non-availability of equipment and expertise for this technique. As longterm complications e.g. recurrence are claimed to be negligible in these methods so, only short term complications were considered in this study. Their incidence was found less in Liechtenstein technique than in modified Shouldice repair.

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