Abstract

ROSELLO FINA, Jorge Rafael et al. Reparación protésica en la hernia inguinal con el uso del tapón de Rutkow. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 2002, vol.41, n.3, pp. 164-169. ISSN 1561-2945.

35 patients operated on of inguinal hernia by the plug and patch method from December, 1999, to December, 2000, were presented. The plugs and patches were made by hand, using pieces of flat polypropylene mesh. 77 % of the patients underwent elective surgery. There was a predominance of males over females with a ratio of 6:1. Regional anesthesia and prophylactic antibiotic therapy were used in all cases. Half of the patients had hernias that had relapsed one or more times. According to the modified Gilbert’s classification, 5 hernias were type 2; l6, type 3; 6, type 4; 6, type 5; and 2, type 6, on being double hernias. Mild complications were just observed in 2 patients, relapses, with a control that ranges between 6 and 18 months, and an average follow-up of 12.4 months of 100 % of the cases

Keywords : HERNIA, INGUINAL [diagnosis]; HERNIA, INGUINAL [surgery]; SURGICAL MESH [utilization]; CEFAZOLIN.

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