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Open Preperitoneal Inguinal Hernia Surgery
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Male inguinal hernia repair with mesh. Short- and long-term results and the question of infertility.
Background: In the nineties, the patients with inguinal hernias were exposed to several newly developed repair techniques using alloplastic mesh prosthesis. Although the scientific knowledge was limited, the new techniques were rapidly introduced due to surgical enthusiasm, but also by an eagerness …
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What is the current practice of inguinal hernia repair at University of Cape Town affiliated hospitals?
Background: Various inguinal hernia repair techniques exist, without one ‘single best’ option. Hernia society guidelines recommend laparoscopic repair as one of its mainstays, provided surgeons are adequately trained. The current practice for hernia repair in South Africa as well as the surgical …
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The Effect of an Individualized Education Intervention versus Usual Care on Pain following Ambulatory Inguinal Hernia Repair
Inguinal hernia repair (IHR) is a common ambulatory surgery procedure performed in Canada, after which many patients experience moderate to severe pain. Limited research has been found that examines interventions to reduce pain following ambulatory surgery, and none specifically for patients …
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Risk of incarceration of inguinal hernias among paediatric patients awaiting elective surgery at the university teaching hospital, Lusaka, Zambia.
Inguinal hernias in infants and children are very common. One of their most common complications before surgery is incarceration, a life threatening condition with potential to cause severe short term and long term morbidities like bowel ischaemia, testicular atrophy and its resultant infertility, …
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Risk of incarceration of inguinal hernias among paediatric patients awaiting elective surgery at the university teaching hospital, Lusaka, Zambia.
Inguinal hernias in infants and children are very common. One of their most common complications before surgery is incarceration, a life threatening condition with potential to cause severe short term and long term morbidities like bowel ischaemia, testicular atrophy and its resultant infertility, …
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The Incidence of Inguinal hernia recurrence after Laparoscopic herniorrhaphy - a retrospective multicentre cohort study of patients operated on at a private practice in Cape Town
The primary outcome will be the incidence of hernia recurrence. Secondary outcomes will be the incidence of post-operative and long-term pain and complications.
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Η σημασία της κηλογραφίας και της ενδοπεριτοναϊκής εγχύσεως κυανού του μεθυλενίου στην ανάδειξη και ταυτοποίηση κηλών της βουβωνικής χώρας
… A included cases of clinically diagnosed primary inguinal hernia, group Β cases of probable inguinal hernia recurrence and group C cases of obscure groin pain. Our study showed the following: - Herniography constitutes a diagnostic examination of high sensitivity and specificity for identification …
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The use of health economics in the early evaluation of regenerative medicine therapies
… headroom for health gain from new treatment for inguinal hernia was much smaller than that for incisional hernias.
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Management of asymptomatic inguinal hernias
Hernia surgery remains one of the most common operations carried out by general surgeons worldwide with more than 800,000 repairs performed in the USA alone in 2003. Advancement in surgical technique has meant fewer recurrences are now encountered with figures dropping to less than 2% using the …
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Optimizing Opioid Prescription for Outpatient Surgery
… cholecystectomies, laparoscopic appendectomies, inguinal hernia repairs (both open and laparoscopic), and umbilical hernia repairs. To standardize measurements, prescriptions were converted to morphine milligram equivalent (MME), where one opioid tablet= Oxycodone 5mg= MME of 7.5 per tablet. Data …
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An analysis of neonatal mortality following gastro-intestinal and/or abdominal surgery in a tertiary hospital in South Africa
… oesophageal atresia, congenital diaphragmatic hernia and malrotation with volvulus was 9% each, followed by intestinal atresia at 8%, anorectal malformation (5%) and inguinal hernia (3%). No post-operative mortality was reported for Hirschsprung disease, choledochal malformation, hypertrophic …
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Recurrent groin hernia - Outcome after surgery
Background: According to the Swedish Hernia Register (SHR), the reoperation rate after recurrent groin hernia is more than twice that following primary hernia repair. Aims: To study the impact of method of mesh repair used in recurrent groin hernia surgery on re-recurrence as well as chronic pain …
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The vascular variability of the iliac system and clinical diagnosis in radiology and neurology
The sciatic nerve is the largest nerve in the human body giving both<br/>motor and sensory innervations to the lower limb. It can be affected in chronic<br/>diseases, such as diabetes, or compressed anatomically by structures such as<br/>piriformis and aneurysms leading to sciatica or paralysis of …