DOI: 10.36347/sasjs

Pages: 82-85

The objective of the study is to retrospectively analyze the most common surgical procedure in our system for inguinal hernia the Lichtenstein mesh repair technique at tertiary care center. This retrospective observational study was conducted at, surgical unit, Civil Hospital, Karachi, from January 2015 to December 2016. A total of 77 patients were included in the study following operation by Lichtenstein mesh repair technique for inguinal hernia. Followed for another 12 months for procedural complications. Whereas the patients with inguinal hernia repair with other techniques, emergency hernia repair, and hernia associated with other inguino-scrotal pathology were excluded from the study. During one year period 77 (100%) male Patients operated by Lichtenstein technique were included in the study. Mean age ± standard deviation (S.D.) was 46.04±16.54 years. Common clinical presentation was groin swelling 58(75.3%) with common clinical diagnosis was right sided inguinal hernia recorded in 45(58.4%) patients. Common operative diagnosis showed 34(44.2%) of patients had indirect inguinal hernia. Smoking was the major risk factor recorded 20(26%) patients. There were no postoperative mortality and recurrence; however, more than fifty percent of patients lost follow up at the end of 01 year. Few early complications like wound infection 3(3.9%), urinary retention 2(2.6%), seroma/haematoma 2(2.6%) formation were recorded.