ArticleBalkan medical journal2016
Prosthetic Mesh Repair for Incarcerated Inguinal Hernia.
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- Surgical management of incarcerated and strangulated inguinal hernias requiring urgent surgical intervention: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness and Safety of Mesh Repair for Incarcerated or Strangulated Hernias: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.World journal of surgery · 2020Pooled it
- Obturator hernia misdiagnosed as inguinal incarceration: a case of postoperative small-bowel perforation and subcutaneous fecal emphysema.International journal of surgery case reports · 2026Article
- Clinical analysis of laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal hernioplasty (TAPP) for incarcerated inguinal hernia.Medicine · 2026Article
- Retrospective analysis of open preperitoneal hernioplasty in emergency settings: clinical outcomes and challenges.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Observational
- Assessing hemoglobin, albumin, lymphocyte, platelet (HALP) score in predicting strangulation and resection in hernia surgery.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
- The importance of predictive markers in incarcerated abdominal wall hernia.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2024Article
- Suture repair versus mesh repair in elderly populations with incarcerated or strangulated groin hernia.Updates in surgery · 2024Article
- Haematological inflammatory markers for indicating ischemic bowel in patients with incarcerated abdominal wall hernias.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2022Article
- Analysis of risk factors associated bowel resection in patients with incarcerated groin hernia.Medicine · 2020Observational
- Emergency TREPP for Strangulated Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Consecutive Case Series.Surgery journal (New York, N.Y.) · 2020Article
- The results of open preperitoneal prosthetic mesh repair for acutely incarcerated or strangulated inguinal hernia: a retrospective study of 146 cases.Surgical endoscopy · 2020Article
- Risk factors of postoperative complications after emergency repair of incarcerated groin hernia for adult patients: a retrospective cohort study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2019Article
- Hernioscopy in Incarcerated Inguinal Hernia Spontaneously Reduced after General Anesthesia Induction.Cureus · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundIncarcerated inguinal hernia is a commonly encountered urgent surgical condition, and tension-free repair is a well-established method for the treatment of non-complicated cases. However, due to the risk of prosthetic material-related infections, the use of mesh in the repair of strangulated or incarcerated hernia has often been subject to debate. Recent studies have demonstrated that biomaterials represent suitable materials for performing urgent hernia repair. Certain studies recommend mesh repair only for cases where no bowel resection is required; other studies, however, recommend mesh repair for patients requiring bowel resection as well.
aimThe aim of this study was to compare the outcomes of different surgical techniques performed for strangulated hernia, and to evaluate the effect of mesh use on postoperative complications. STUDY
designRetrospective cross-sectional study.
methodsThis retrospective study was performed with 151 patients who had been admitted to our hospital's emergency department to undergo surgery for a diagnosis of incarcerated inguinal hernia. The patients were divided into two groups based on the applied surgical technique. Group 1 consisted of 112 patients treated with mesh-based repair techniques, while Group 2 consisted of 39 patients treated with tissue repair techniques. Patients in Group 1 were further divided into two sub-groups: one consisting of patients undergoing bowel resection (Group 3), and the other consisting of patients not undergoing bowel resection (Group 4).
resultsIn Group 1, it was observed that eight (7.14%) of the patients had wound infections, while two (1.78%) had hematomas, four (3.57%) had seromas, and one (0.89%) had relapse. In Group 2, one (2.56%) of the patients had a wound infection, while three (7.69%) had hematomas, one (2.56%) had seroma, and none had relapses. There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups with respect to wound infection, seroma, hematoma, or relapse (p>0.05). In Group 3, it was observed that one (6.7%) of the patients had wound infections, while one (6.7%) had a hematoma, one patient (6.7%) had seroma, and none had relapses. In Group 4, seven (7.2%) of the patients had wound infections, while one (1%) had a hematoma, three (3%) had seromas, and one (1%) had a relapse. There were no significant differences between the two groups with respect to wound infection, seroma, hematoma, or relapse (p>0.05).
conclusionIn urgent groin hernia repair surgeries, polypropylene mesh can be safely used even in the patients undergoing bowel resection.
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