title: Simultaneous open preperitoneal repair of inguinal hernia with open prostatectomy for benign prostate hyperplasia.
abstract: Where surgical resources are slim, patients may suffer the obstructive symptoms of benign prostate hyperplasia until they present with frank urinary retention and they may have unattended inguinal hernia. The best strategy to take care of patients who have both problems at once has remained elusive. We report a small case series of 10 patients in whom open preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair was done together with suprapubic prostatectomy over a 10-year period in the district hospital.
authors.affiliation: Choma General Hospital, Choma, Zambia okjohnsonsj@jesuits.net.
authors.forename: O Kenneth
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000209:etiology; D015024:Zambia
keywords: Preperitoneal hernia repair; prostatectomy