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[Bassini-Kirschner inguinal hernia surgery--follow-up of 781 primary operations in adult men]
T Emmanouilidis1, D Westenhoff
1Chirurgische Abteilung, Lukas-Krankenhaus Bünde/W.
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This study on 920 men found low complication rates for Bassini-Kirschner inguinal hernia repair. Recurrence and chronic pain were observed in a small percentage of patients long-term.
Area of Science:
- Surgical outcomes
- Hernia repair complications
- Inguinal hernia management
Abstract:
We report on the early and late complications after hernia repair in this retrospective study. Over a period of five years, 920 adult men underwent Bassini-Kirschner repair for inguinal hernia as first operation. There occurred six hematomas (0.6%), 11 seromas (1.2%) and 10 wound infections (1.0%). There were no deaths. 781 patients were controlled after two to seven years. We found recurrence of inguinal hernia in 15 cases (1.9%), chronic inguinal pain in 29 cases (3.7%), testicular atrophy in two cases (0.2%).