OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the safety, technical problems, early complications and short-term results of the mesh-plug technique in primary and recurrent @entity169 . DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: Armed Forces Hospital, Southern Region, Khamis Mushayt, Saudi Arabia. SUBJECTS: Two hundred and forty-four @entity1 with 256 @entity547 were admitted through a specialised @entity547 clinic between May 1997 and June 1998. There were 236 @entity1 and 8 @entity1 , with a mean age of 50 years (range 17-90 years). INTERVENTIONS: Repair of the @entity169 using the mesh-plug technique. RESULTS: Concomitant medical problems were present in 7.3% of @entity1 . The size of the @entity547 was assessed preoperatively and recorded as either inguinal (73%) or inguino-scrotal (33%). The site of the @entity547 was right in 55.7% of @entity1 , left in 48% and bilateral in 4.9%. Furthermore, types and Gilbert's classification were assessed intraoperatively. The mean operative time was 41.61 +/- 10.59 minutes and the mean hospital stay was 1.14 +/- 2.63 days. No perioperative mortality occurred in this series. General complications were @entity391 in 4 cases and 6 cases of @entity5837 . Local complications included 2 would infections (0.8%), 26 skin bruises (10.7%), 6 scrotal swellings (2.5%), 2 cases of cord thickening (0.8%) and 16 cases of @entity86 (6.6%). There were only 2 cases of recurrence (0.8%). CONCLUSION: Simplicity, safety, short operating time, and low rates of complications and recurrence were noted. The technique is promising and could be used for all types of primary and recurrent @entity169 as day surgery cases under local anaesthesia.

Open mesh-plug technique in XXXX --short-term results.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'men'] @entity391 :: ('MESH:D014839', 'Disease') :: ['vomiting'] @entity5837 :: ('MESH:D056586', 'Disease') :: ['chest infection'] @entity86 :: ('MESH:D019106', 'Disease') :: ['postoperative neuralgia'] @entity547 :: ('MESH:D006547', 'Disease') :: ['hernia', 'hernias'] @entity169 :: ('MESH:D006552', 'Disease') :: ['inguinal hernia repair', 'inguinal hernia']
@entity169 :: (MESH:D006552,Disease) :: ['inguinal hernia repair']
