UNLABELLED INTRODUCTION We present a new method to treat recurrent seromas, which is based on our experience with a patient who had recurrent groin seroma and was treated successfully with a sprinkling of talcum powder in the seroma cavity. CASE PRESENTATION A 67-year-old Caucasian man with a suprapubic recurrent right groin hernia underwent inguinal hernioplasty with a polypropylene plug....

Inguinal hernia with vermiform appendix as content is known as Amyand's hernia. It is a rare entity but we encountered four cases within six months. A 52-year-old female had high grade fever and evidence of inflammatory pathology involving the ileocaecal region. She was initially managed conservatively and subsequently underwent exploratory laparatomy. The appendix was perforated and herniating...

Chronic, exercise-related groin pain is a debilitating condition. Nonoperative treatment has limited efficacy, but surgical intervention on the adductor-abdomino complex may be used to alleviate symptoms and allow return to play (RTP). The purpose of this study was to report the outcome of adductor tenotomy and hernioplasty for professional soccer players with groin pain. Between 2000 and 2006,...

OBJECTIVE Spigelian hernia is an uncommon abdominal wall defect. We present our series of patients with Spigelian hernia and a literature review. PATIENTS We carried out a retrospective review of patients operated on from 2001 to 2008. Epidemiological aspects, diagnostic methods, surgical technique characteristics, morbidity, hospital stay, recurrences and follow up are analyzed. RESULTS We...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this paper is to review hernioplasties done for inguinal hernias in a rural private hospital, bringing out the socio-demographic and clinical pattern and to sensitize surgeons and family physicians in our environment about the possibility of making hernioplasty a standard of care for inguinal hernias. METHOD The records of seventy seven patients operated in a rural ...

Abstract Background More than 30 years have passed since the first laparoscopic inguinal hernioplasty but nowadays less 5% of patients are currently operated by this technique as recent Spanish national data suggest. Objective To present our experience 2 after implementation in local hospital and highlight challenges we faced. Methods Our deals with a high volume abdominal wall surgery has more...

Objective: To compare Sublay and Onlay mesh repair in terms of post-operative complications among patients undergoing hernioplasty.
 Study Design: Prospective comparative study.
 Place Duration Study: Surgical Department, Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi Pakistan, from Jan 2020 to Jun 2021.
 Methodology: This study was conducted on 300 who underwent hernioplasty for anterio...