Preperitoneal prosthetic mesh hernioplasty for the simultaneous repair of inguinal hernia during prostatic surgery: experience with 172 patients.
OBJECTIVE
We report our experience with posterior preperitoneal prosthetic hernioplasty for inguinal hernia in patients undergoing concomitant pelvic surgery for prostatic pathologies.


METHODS
172 patients with unilateral or bilateral inguinal hernia underwent posterior preperitoneal prosthetic hernioplasty during pelvic surgery for BPH and malignant prostatic pathologies.


RESULTS
There was no evidence of hernial recurrence after a mean of 30 months and no complications attributable to the hernial repairs, except for 1 patient who developed a small periprosthetic hematoma and 1 patient with a pelvic lymphocele, both spontaneously resolved.


CONCLUSIONS
Posterior preperitoneal prosthetic hernioplasty for inguinal hernia combined with pelvic surgery for prostatic pathologies should be applied routinely by urologists because it is a relatively simple procedure and with a very low rate of complications and recurrence.
Brunocilla
Eugenio
E
Department of Urology, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Vece
Emmanuele
E
Lupo
Santo
S
Pasini
Stefania
S
Malizia
Michele
M
Vitullo
Giovanni
G
Forlani
Tommaso
T
Martorana
Giuseppe
G
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000601:surgery*; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011469:Prostatic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D016896:Treatment Outcome