Abstract

CASAMAYOR CALLEJAS, Ernesto; LEGRA LEGRA, Jorge; DANGER DURAN, Maineris  and  PARDO OLIVARES, Elvis. Clinical and epidemiological characteristics in surgically treated patients due to inguinal hernias. MEDISAN [online]. 2018, vol.22, n.6, pp.400-407. ISSN 1029-3019.

Introduction: Inguinal hernia constitutes one of the most frequent problems in general surgery services, because it usually appears at any stage of life. Objective: To characterize patients with inguinal hernias, according to some clinical-epidemiological variables. Methods: A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 2 043 surgically treated patients due to inguinal hernias was carried out in the General Surgery Service of "Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso" Teaching General Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, from 2009 to 2017. Results: There was a prevalence of the male sex (89.8 %), 61 and over age group (45.7 %) and primary hernias (94.4 %). Prophylactic antibiotic therapy was used in 73.6 %, mainly in patients surgically treated with bioprosthetics techniques (72.1 %) who formed most of the series (93.0 %); Lichtenstein technique was the most used of them (97.7 %). Conclusions: Nowadays, the use of antibiotic prophylaxis in those who suffer from inguinal hernias is discussed, which are mostly presented in male sex and the elderly

Keywords : inguinal hernia; antibiotic prevention; operative surgical procedures; bioprosthesis; surgery service in hospital.

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