Recurrence of inguinal hernias in the Chiquimula Hospital

Abstract

Recurrence or recurrence is currently called the development of a new hernia regardless of the anatomical site, with the only condition that it be from the same side previously operated. The study carried out was of a retrospective descriptive type, with the objective of determining the recurrence of inguinal hernias according to the surgical repair techniques in the postoperative patients in the General Surgery Service of adults of the Hospital Nacional de Chiquimula from January 2013 to December 2017. The information obtained was by means of the data collection form, which helped to determine a high recurrence of inguinal hernia with 8% of 59 cases that were operated on due to inguinal hernia, 100% correspond to the male sex, the dominant age was range of 31 to 59 years with 60% (3); according to its chronology it has a predominance in 80% (4) for late recurrence. The technique most used in the first surgical intervention of patients with inguinal hernia was 64% (38) the Lichtenstein technique and the most used in the first recurrent inguinal hernia surgery included others with 60% (3). For this reason, the results obtained were shared with surgeons, medical students, the National Hospital of Chiquimula Direction and patients admitted postoperative inguinal hernia.