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Volume : 08, Issue : 01, January – 2021
23. OUTCOMES OF DIFFERENT METHODS OF REPAIR OF PARA-UMBILICAL HERNIAS, MESH VERSUS NON-MESH REPAIR
Dr Rohina Masood, Dr Khudeja Abid, Dr Aliza Nasir
Abstract :
Objectives: To compare the results of different repair methods (simple suture repair and mesh repair) in terms of morbidity, complications and relapses.
Place and Duration: In the Surgical Unit-II of Sir Gang ram Hospital, Lahore for one-year duration from July 2019 to July 2020.
Patients and Methods: Total number of patients were 50; they were all women divided into 2 groups. Group A consisted of 25 patients who had undergone a simple Mayo repair / simple repair. Group B consisted of 25 patients who underwent mesh repair. The most common early postoperative complication was wound seroma and wound infection. Chronic pain was observed more frequently in patients in group B, while the relapse rate was high in group A.
Conclusion: The overall incidence was almost the same in both groups, but the relapse rate was high in group A. There was no mortality in the study.
Keywords :umbilical hernia, simple suture repair, mesh repair
Cite This Article:
Please cite this article in press Rohina Masood et al, Outcomes Of Different Methods Of Repair Of Para-Umbilical Hernias, Mesh Versus Non-Mesh Repair., Indo Am. J. P. Sci, 2021; 08(01).