Comparison between Polypropylene Suture and Skin Staples for Securing Mesh in Lichtenstein Inguinal Hernioplasty

Autor: Usman Shah Bukhari, Aamir Ali, Sohail Ilyas, Hafiz Khalid Pervaiz, Farooq Shahid, Kamran Durrani
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 73, Iss 4 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0030-9648
2411-8842
DOI: 10.51253/pafmj.v73i4.8652
Popis: Objective: To compare Polypropylene suture versus skin Staples for securing the mesh in patients undergoing Lichtenstein inguinal hernioplasty in terms of operative time, post-operative wound infections and pain. Study Design: Comparative cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Surgical Department, Combined Military Hospital, Quetta Pakistan, from Dec 2018 to Jun 2020. Methodology: A total of 220 patients with unilateral inguinal hernia were included in the study and divided into two equal groups of 110 patients each and were assigned either to the Polypropylene-Group or the Staples-Group. All the patients underwent Lichtenstein hernioplasty on the elective operation list. Both groups were compared regarding operative time, post-operative pain and wound infections. Results: The mean operative time was 58.8±3.31 minutes in the Polypropylene-Group vs. 49.87±2.67 minutes in the StaplesGroup. The mean post-operative pain score was 2.73±2.07 in the Polypropylene-Group and 1.95±2.18 in the Staples-Group. Wound infection was observed in 26 patients (23.64%) of the Polypropylene-Group vs. eight patients (7.27%) of the StaplesGroup, respectively, (p
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