Prevalence, risk factors and character of abdominal hernia in Arar City, Northern Saudi Arabia in 2017

AhmedAlenazi, Abdulmajeed; Alsharif, Mahmoud Mohammed; Hussain, Malik Azhar; Alenezi, Naif Gharbi; Alenazi, Abdulrhman Ahmed; Almadani, Shouq Amjad; Alanazi, Nour Homoud; Alshammari, Jazzaa Hammad; Altimyat, Alwaleed Oqab; Alanazi, Tariq Hulayyil

doi:10.19082/4806

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“…Inguinal hernia is the most common hernia among abdominal wall hernias [ 1 , 2 ]. Inguinal hernia can range from being asymptomatic to painful especially with coughing, exercise, or bowel movement [ 1 , 2 ].…”

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Recurrent Inguinal Hernia Post Laparoscopic Repair: A Retrospective Single-Center Study in Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia

Assakran

Widyan

Allihimy

et al. 2021

Cureus

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Introduction Inguinal hernia is the most common hernia among the abdominal wall hernias. This study aims to estimate the long-term recurrence rate and laparoscopy-related risk factors for inguinal hernia at King Fahad Specialist Hospital in Buraidah, Al Qassim region, Saudi Arabia. Methods A single-center retrospective study of all laparoscopic hernia repair patients admitted in the surgical department of King Fahad Specialist Hospital in Buraidah, Al Qassim region, Saudi Arabia from January 2016 to July 2020. Results A total of 64 patients were included in the present study. All patients were male with a mean age 42.27±15.79 years. Out of 64 patients, 71.9% were married and 11 (17.2%) were smokers. Most patients were found to be in the elective priority (89.1%) and the emergency cases were 10.1%. A total of 6.3% had a recurrent hernia and 93.7% had a primary hernia. After testing the association of hernia repair and the patient-related factors, it was observed that there is no significant association between recurrent hernia repair and the mean age (p=0.072), body mass index (BMI) (p=0.962), smoking (p=0.347), married patients (p=0.196), and diabetes (p=0.446). Conclusion A total of 6.3 % of patients developed a recurrent inguinal hernia after laparoscopic repair. In contrast to the literature, this study showed that patient-related risk factors were not statically significant among our patients. However, the reasons behind the recurrence rate tend to be multifactorial, including surgical, technical, hospital capability, and patients factors. Therefore, early recognization and management of these risk factors are essential to prevent further cases.

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Recurrent Inguinal Hernia Post Laparoscopic Repair: A Retrospective Single-Center Study in Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia

Assakran

Widyan

Allihimy

et al. 2021

Cureus

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“…The patient can feel the bulge by touching the affected area or notice it when standing upright. It may be possible to push a hernia back into the abdomen, however, this is only possible according to the type of the hernia and the size of the hernia sac content [6] . In the present study, we aim at evaluating the awareness of the predisposing factors of hernia among adults in Riyadh city in KSA.…”

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Awareness of Risk Factors of Hernia among Adults in Riyadh, KSA

Albukairi

Alanazi²,

Alkhars³

et al. 2018

Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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Background: Abdominal wall hernias are a very common surgical condition affecting all ages and both genders. The main predisposing factors of hernias include pregnancy, weight lifting, constipation, weight gain as well as some chronic diseases such as Asthma Diabetes Mellitus. Aim of the study: was to assess the awareness of the risk factors of abdominal hernias among adults of both genders and different BMI ranges in Riyadh population (Saudi Arabia). Methods: This is a questionnaire-based cross-sectional study enrolling a total of 100 randomly selected highrisk to development Hernia Saudi adults ensuring diversity in age range and educational stages. Descriptive analysis was done using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 23. Awareness levels for Hernia were calculated as absolute frequencies and were reported as overall percentages. Results: overall results showed that only 48% of the respondents could relate hernia to the key underlying risk factors while 22% denied the correlation and 30% claimed no knowledge on the risk factors and the association with hernia development. However, majority of participants (87%) suggested a correlation between hernia and heavy lifting. Moreover, more than half of the study group (65% and 62%) related pregnancy and surgery as a contributing factor for hernia. While a lack of awareness was obvious on other risk factors such as smoking, chronic, constipation prostate enlargement, asthma and DM with a knowledge score of 37%, 36%, 32%, 32% and 29% respectively. Conclusion: Our study revealed lack of public knowledge on the predisposing factors for hernia among the study group of young Saudi female and male adults regardless to the age and BMI range. Despite the fact that 87% related hernia to heavy lifting, less than 65% of participants could correlate hernia to pregnancy and surgery while not more than 36% could correlate hernia with other key predisposing risk factors such as smoking, enlarged prostate, asthma, DM and chronic constipation. This indicates that proper intervention is needed to broadly raise the awareness of hernia risk factors among Saudi adults. This can be achieved by mass media awareness campaigns such as TV and radio health education programs as well as campaign at schools, universities and health centers.

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“…The results of the study done by Ahmed Alenazi A et al also showed that, hernias were significantly more prevalent in females than in males (63.4% vs. 36.6%) [12].…”

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confidence: 87%