Abdominal wall hernia in a rural population in India—Is spectrum changing?

Sangwan, Mukesh; Sangwan, Vijayata; Garg, Mahender; Mahendirutta, Parveen; Garg, Uma

doi:10.4236/ojepi.2013.33020

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“…Right side dominance in inguinal hernia was also noted by other worker from different geological region. [5,[9][10][11][12][13] Dominance of right side inguinal hernia was seen in both genders. Right sided propensity was also noted in both direct and indirect inguinal hernia.…”

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Prevalence of Inguinal Hernia in Bundelkhand Region of India

2016

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Background: The aim of present study is to note prevalence of inguinal hernia in two genders and different age groups in patients from Bundelkhand region. Methods: This observational study was carried out on 130 patients of inguinal hernia belonging from Bundelkhand region of India. Patients were classified into groups based on their genders, age, laterality and type of inguinal hernia. All the findings were tabulated and inferences were drawn followed by statistical comparison using chi-square test with p value <0.05 considered as significant. Results: Highest prevalence of inguinal hernia was noted in 41-50 years age group. Males show a higher preponderance for inguinal hernia as compared to females. Prevalence of hernia was higher on right side as compared to left side, though 6.9% cases were found to be bilateral. Although the recurrence of inguinal hernia was noted in both direct and indirect hernia, but recurrent hernia showed higher preponderance. Conclusion: Such studies are needed to be conducted in all geographical regions with as much possible number of observations. Results of present study might be helpful for future studies in estimating inguinal hernia prevalence in population as a whole.

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Prevalence of Inguinal Hernia in Bundelkhand Region of India

2016

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“…Similar cases were found by other workers also. [15][16][17][18][19] Some of the workers have proposed that the right side dominance of the hernia could be due to the late fall down of the right testis and more frequent failure of closure of right processes vaginalis.…”

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Incidence of inguinal hernia and its type in a study in a semiurban area in Andhra Pradesh, India

Rahul

Ravindranath

2016

Int Surg J

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A reducible hernia is usually a longstanding condition, and diagnosis is made clinically, on the basis of typical symptoms and signs. The condition may be unilateral or bilateral and may recur after treatment (recurrent hernia). ABSTRACTBackground: Repair of inguinal hernia is one of the most common operations in general surgery. A reducible hernia is usually a longstanding condition, and diagnosis is made clinically, on the basis of typical symptoms and signs. This study was conducted to assess the incidence of inguinal hernias in our geographical area. Methods: 187 patients who had come to the hospital with complaints of swelling in their groin and confirmed to be inguinal hernia were included into the study. Ultrasound for the detection of aneurysm of the abdominal aorta was done for all the patients before the inguinal hernia repair. Results: 129 (69%) patients were males and only 58 out of the 187 patients were females. Most of the patients had primary hernia while 45 (24.1%) of them had recurrent hernia. Most of the patients were between 31-60 years of age followed by 61-75 years. Around 94% of the patients had unilateral hernia and 5.9% had bilateral hernias. Of the unilateral ones, right side was predominant over the left side. 80% of the patients had indirect hernia and direct hernia was seen only among 20% of them. Conclusions: More such studies need to be conducted at various geographical regions to get more number of observations and data to gather the prevalence.

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“…Similar results were noted by Delvin et al, 55% of the cases with inguinal hernia were on the right side with the remaining 45% on the left (6) . Mukesh S et al from Northern India, found out 67% of the total inguinal hernia cases studied occurred on the right side and 30% on the left side (7) . In our study, we found that 81.67% of the cases presented with a right sided inguinal hernia whereas the remaining 18.33% presented with a left sided inguinal hernia with no cases of bilateral inguinal hernia noted.…”

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