title: [Mesh repair of inguinal and femoral hernia].
abstract: The authors describe a 6-year experience with mesh repair of inguinal and femoral hernia in a surgical teaching department. Two hundred and ninety-seven hernioplasties were performed in 256 consecutive patients: 237 Trabucco sutureless and 11 Lichtenstein tension-free hernioplasties for inguinal hernia; 21 tension-free hernioplasties for femoral hernia; 20 Wantz GPRVS and 8 Rutkow tension-free hernioplaties for recurrences. Local anaesthesia was used in 59% of cases. Seventy-two patients (28.1%) refused this type of anaesthesia. The hospital stay was two days in all cases. The local postoperative morbidity rate was 8.7% (wound infections: 1.0%; neuralgia: 1.3%; haematomas: 2.0%; seromas: 2.3%; no testicular atrophies). The recurrence rate was 1.9% in the group of patients undergoing surgery from 1994 to 1997 (103 herniorrhaphies; follow-up: 3-6 years) and 0% in the group of patients operated on after 1997 (170 herniorrhaphies; follow-up: 2 years-6 months). The results confirm that the use of a prosthetic mesh (patch and plug) is the treatment of choice for hernia repair. Moreover, this experience in a surgical teaching department shows that these procedures can be safely and effectively performed by all surgeons.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, Università degli Studi de L'Aquila.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Leardi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Delmonaco
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pietroletti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Perri
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Citone
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Simi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006550:Hernia, Femoral / Q000601:surgery*; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013526:Surgical Mesh