2011
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2010.04.027
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Male infertility after mesh hernia repair: A prospective study

Abstract: Background Several animal studies have raised concern about the risk for obstructive azoospermia due to vasal fibrosis caused by the use of alloplastic mesh prosthesis in inguinal hernia repair. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of male infertility after bilateral mesh repair.

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“…A prospective study and a retrospective study were carried out by Hallén et al [13,14]. The prospective study did not show any significant differences between the fertility of male patients who received bilateral inguinal herniorrhaphy (mesh repair or tissue-based suture repair) and the fertility of men in the general population.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…A prospective study and a retrospective study were carried out by Hallén et al [13,14]. The prospective study did not show any significant differences between the fertility of male patients who received bilateral inguinal herniorrhaphy (mesh repair or tissue-based suture repair) and the fertility of men in the general population.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Elles sont de plus en plus supplantées par des procédés prothétiques dits sans tension [4][5][6][7]. Ces derniers pour des raisons économiques ne sont pas pratiqués en RD Congo.…”
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“…Dans les techniques sans tension, l'AT est très rare, de 0 à 0,05 % selon les séries [7,9,10]. La cause majeure de l'AT réside dans le traumatisme et/ou la compression des veines du cordon avec thrombose secondaire lors de fermeture du canal inguinal [5,11,12]. Le traumatisme de l'artère testiculaire est aussi rapporté comme cause d'AT [5,11].…”
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“…к специфическим ослож-нениям пахового грыжесечения можно отне-сти и ухудшение репродуктивной функции у мужчин. причиной такого осложнения счи-тается ишемия яичка на стороне длительно существующей паховой грыжи, а также после оперативного лечения [4, 5,6], которая мо-жет осложниться травмой элементов семен-ного канатика, компрессией их имплантами и рубцами и т.д. [7,8] приоритетом современной хирургии яв-ляются малоинвазивные вмешательства, в том числе и в герниологии.…”
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