ArticleHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery2023
Prevalence of rectus diastasis is higher in patients with inguinal hernia.
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- [Incisional hernias: epidemiology, evidence and guidelines].Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2024Review
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Abstract
purposeTo determine the prevalence of rectus diastasis (RD) in patients with inguinal hernia. MATERIAL AND
methodsMulticenter, cross-sectional study. Patients with inguinal hernia were included in the study group (IH) and those with benign proctologic complaints created the control group (CG). Age, gender, BMI, family history for inguinal hernias, comorbid diseases, alcohol use, smoking, constipation, malignancy, chemotherapy, number of births, multiple pregnancies and prostate hypertrophy history of all patients in both groups were recorded. All patients were evaluated for RD and umbilical hernias by physical examination.
resultsA total of 528 consecutive patients were included in the study (292 IH / 236 CG). Overall prevalence of RD was 35.6% and it was significantly higher in IH than in CG (46.9% vs 21.6%, p < 0.001). Also, umbilical hernia was more frequently detected in the patients with inguinal hernia. Other risk factors for RD were age, BMI, DM, BPH and smoking. The mean inter-rectus distance for 528 patients was 18.1 mm; it was 20.71 ± 10.68 mm in IH and 14.88 ± 8.82 in CG (p < 0.001). It was determined that the increase in age and BMI caused an increase in the inter-rectus distance, and that the presence of DM, inguinal hernia and umbilical hernia increased the inter-rectus distance quantitatively.
conclusionsThe prevalence of RD seems to be higher in patients with inguinal hernia comparing to that in general population. Increased age, high BMI and DM were found to be independent risk factors for RD development.
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