Abstract

GODERICH LALAN, José  and  MOLINA FERNANDEZ, Eduardo. Implante con el sistema de reparación herniaria inguinal de prolene (Prolene hernia system). Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 2002, vol.41, n.1, pp. 38-42. ISSN 1561-2945.

A clinical descriptive and prospective study of the follow-up of 21 patients who received implant of the Prolene inguinal hernia repair system in inguinal hernias reproduced between October l5th, 1998, and March 31st, 1999, was conducted aimed at evaluating the results. The short-stay surgery method, local anesthesia and sedation, or spinal anesthesia and prophylactic antibiotic therapy were used in all cases. No relapses or postoperative complications were reported in a very short-term follow-up. More than half of the patients had undergone more than 2 operations. Average age was 49 and there was a predominance of males. The technique used for the implant was the one recommended by the manufacturers

Keywords : HERNIA, INGUINAL [surgery]; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; BIOPROSTHESIS; SURGERY, PLASTIC.

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