ObjectiveTo summarize the changes of inguinal hernia in The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University in the past 7 years and the curative effect of each procedure.MethodsRetrospectively searched the clinical data of 1 078 patients with inguinal hernia operated in The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University from January 2011 to December 2017. According to the surgical procedure, patients were divided into tissue repair group, laparoscopic hernia repair group (laparoscopic group), and open tension-free hernia repair group (open group). Subsequently, the patients of the open group were divided into the mesh plug technique group, the plain patch technique group, and the Ultrapro Hernia System (UHS) group. The postoperative of each procedure, such as recurrence, chronic pain, foreign body sensation, hard touch of the surgical site, male sexual function, and fertility status were compared.ResultsIn 1 078 patients, 52 patients underwent tissue repair, 889 patients underwent open tension-free hernia repair (687 patients were counted with mesh-seal tablets, 100 patients with plain patch count, 102 patients with preperitoneal hernia repair), and 137 patients underwent laparoscopic hernia repair. There was no significant difference in the incidence of total complication, chronic pain, foreign body sensation, and male sexual function decline in the laparoscopic group and the open group (P>0.05). However, the recurrence rate and hard touch of the surgical site rate of the laparoscopic group were lower (P<0.05), and the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) score was also slightly lower (P=0.047). There was no significant difference in the incidence of the recurrence, chronic pain, foreign body sensation, and male sexual function decline between the three subgroups of the open group, but the total complication rate and hard touch of the surgical site rate in the UHS group were lower than those in the mesh plug group and the plain patch group (P<0.05).ConclusionsLaparoscopic repair of the inguinal herniorrhaphy has lower incidence of occurrence, it is worthy of clinical promotion. In the open tension-free surgery, the retroperitoneal herniorrhaphy may be a better choice.
ObjectiveTo explore the effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) acupuncture analgesia after laparoscopic total extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair (TEP), aiming to reduce the use of analgesics post-surgery. MethodsPatients who underwent unilateral TEP in the Department of Hernia and Abdominal Wall Surgery at our hospital from May 2022 to May 2023 were selected as research subjects. Those who met the inclusion and exclusion criterias were randomly assigned to three groups: TCM acupuncture analgesia group, traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture analgesia plus western medicine analgesia group (referred to as Chinese and western medicine analgesia group), and western medicine analgesia group. The basic information, postoperative numerical rating scale (NRS) pain scores, postoperative recovery indicators, and complication rates of the three groups were analyzed and compared.ResultsThere was no statistically significant differences in the basic data of patients across the three groups (P>0.05). There were significant differences in NRS score, recovery time of intestinal function, first urination time after operation and first ambulation time after operation at each time point after analgesia (6 h, the next morning, 48 h, 72 h and 96 h after operation) among the three groups (P<0.05). The NRS scores in both the TCM acupuncture analgesia group and the Chinese and western medicine analgesia group were lower than those in the western medicine analgesia group (P<0.05), Additionally, postoperative recovery outcomes were better in the TCM acupuncture analgesia group and the Chinese and western medicine analgesia group compared with the western medicine group (P<0.05). There was no significant difference of the above results compared between the TCM acupuncture analgesia group and the Chinese and western medicine analgesia group (P>0.05). There was no significant difference in postoperative complications among the three groups (P>0.05). ConclusionTCM acupuncture analgesia following TEP surgery is effective and leads to improved postoperative recovery compared with the use of oral analgesics alone, without an increase in adverse reactions.
摘要:目的:总结应用自体真皮片移植疝修补术治疗腹股沟疝20例的近期治疗效果。方法:使用自体真皮片移植,对20例各类腹股沟疝患者进行无张力修补治疗;观察手术方法及时间、手术指征、术后患者自主能力的恢复、术后伤口疼痛、并发症和复发率。结果:与传统疝修补手术相比,自体真皮移植疝修补术具有方法简便、手术指征广、术后疼痛轻、恢复快、并发症少和复发率低的优点。结论:自体真皮移植疝修补术是一项更符合人体解剖结构和疝的病理生理的手术方法,具有传统方法无法比拟的优势。尤其适于在基层医院推广。Abstract: Objective: To summarize the recently therapeutic effect of autodermis transplantation repair of inguinal hernia. Methods: Twenty patients were treated by tension free hernia repair with autodermis transplantation. The operative procedure, surgical indication,ability recovery,postoperative pain,complications and recurrence rate were studied. Results: Autodermis transplantation hernia repair was superior to the traditional because of easier performance,wider indications,blander postoperative pain,faster recovery,fewer complications and lower recurrence. Conclusion: Autodermis transplantation hernia repair is more consistent with human anatomic structure and hernial pathophysiology than the conventional method, especially suiltable for primary hospital.
Objective To investigate the value of applying closed continuous negative pressure drainage in preventing postoperative complications of inguinal hernia. Methods The clinical data of 107 adult male patients diagnosed with inguinal giant hernia (incarcerated 16 cases, non-incarcerated 91 cases) undergoing tension-free hernioplasty using the Ultrapro Hernia System (UHS) between April 2011 and June 2016 in our hospital were retrospective analyzed. Prophylactic use of antibiotics was not adopted except patients with incarcerated hernia, diabetes, or elderly. Multi-lateral hole plasma drainage tube were used in 61 patients, 46 cases without indwelling plasma tube. The postoperative scrotum pain, scrotal hematoma, scrotal effusion, and incision infection of two groups patients were observed. Results Of the 61 patients with plasma drainage, the mean drainage time was 2 days, the longest was 5 days. Postoperative scrotal pain was found in 2 cases (3.3%) without scrotal hematoma or scrotal effusion. Of the 2 patients, the drainage of 1 case was obstructed, the drainage was extubated and the patient was cured and discharged after 5 days by sucking the drainage tube using empty needle. The average hospital stay in this group was 4 days. Of the 46 patients without plasma drainage, 7 patients (15.2%) suffered scrotal pain, 7 patients (15.2%) suffered scrotal hematoma. The average hospital stay was 6 days. The incidence of scrotal pain and scrotal hematoma was significantly higher in patients without plasma drainage than those with drainage (P<0.05). The condition of scrotal hematoma would be improved after 1–3 times outpatient dressing change and repeated hematoma sucking. One case was not improved after repeated suction, the condition was improved after scrotum incision, drainage, and dressing. Conclusion Closed continuous negative pressure drainage potentially prevents oblique hernia pain and scrotal hematoma without increasing the incidence of incision infection or hospitalization time.
Objective To explore the risk factors of chronic postoperative inguinal pain (CPIP) after transabdominal preperitoneal hernia repair (TAPP), establish and verify the risk prediction model, and then evaluate the prediction effectiveness of the model. Methods The clinical data of 362 patients who received TAPP surgery was retrospectively analyzed and divided into model group (n=300) and validation group (n=62). The risk factors of CPIP in the model group were screened by univariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression analysis, and the risk prediction model was established and tested. Results The incidence of CPIP at 6 months after operation was 27.9% (101/362). Univariate analysis showed that gender (χ2= 12.055, P=0.001), age (t=–4.566, P<0.01), preoperative pain (χ2=44.686, P<0.01) and early pain at 1 week after operation (χ2=150.795, P<0.01) were related to CPIP. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that gender, age, preoperative pain, early pain at 1 week after operation, and history of lower abdominal surgery were independent risk predictors of CPIP. The area under curve (AUC) of the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) of the risk prediction model was calculated to be 0.933 [95%CI (0.898, 0.967)], and the optimal cut-off value was 0.129, while corresponding specificity and sensitivity were 87.6% and 91.5% respectively. The prediction accuracy, specificity and sensitivity of the model were 91.9% (57/62), 90.7% and 94.7%, respectively when the validation group data were substituted into the prediction model. Conclusion Female, age≤64 years old, preoperative pain, early pain at 1 week after operation and without history of lower abdominal surgery are independent risk factors for the incidence of CPIP after TAPP, and the risk prediction model established on this basis has good predictive efficacy, which can further guide the clinical practice.
Objective To evaluate the clinical effectiveness and safety of different mesh fixation techniques in laparoscopic trans-abdominal preperitoneal hernia repair (TAPP) by using network meta-analysis. Methods CNKI, WanFang Data, VIP, CBM, the Cochrane Library, PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science databases were retrieved to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) studies comparing different fixation methods of patches in laparoscopic TAPP. The retrieval time limit was from the establishment of the database to March 1, 2022. After two researchers independently screened the literatures, extracted the data, and evaluated the bias risk, Bayesian network meta-analysis was conducted by using R4.1.2 software. Results Twenty-nine RCTs were included, including 4 095 patients. The results of network meta-analysis showed that the risk of chronic postoperative inguinal pain was higher in staples fixation than that of no fixation [OR=0.06, 95%CI (0.01, 0.26), P＜0.001], glue fixation [OR=0.21, 95%CI (0.04, 0.53), P=0.001] and self-gripping mesh [OR=0.09, 95%CI (0.01, 0.52), P=0.009], the incidence of chronic postoperative inguinal pain with suture fixation was higher than that with no fixation [OR=0.10, 95%CI (0.01, 0.70), P= 0.020]. Postoperative visual analogue scale of staples fixation was higher than those of no fixation [MD=–0.90, 95%CI (–1.49, –0.33), P=0.002] and glue fixation [MD=–0.92, 95%CI (–1.35, –0.49), P＜0.001], the postoperative visual analogue scale with suture fixation was higher than those of no fixation [MD=–0.83, 95%CI (–1.61, –0.08), P=0.030] and glue fixation [MD=–0.85, 95%CI (–1.56, –0.13), P=0.020]. There was no significant difference in the incidence of seroma and hematoma, hospital stay and hernia recurrence among different fixation methods. Conclusions The network meta-analysis shows that medical glue and self-gripping mesh have certain advantages in reducing chronic pain after surgery, which may be the better patch fixation method in TAPP. The non fixation mesh will not increase the risk of postoperative recurrence, and can be used in clinical practice. This conclusion needs to be further verified by large sample, long-term follow-up and high-quality RCTs.
ObjectiveTo compare the outcomes after self-gripping mesh repair to ordinary polypropylene mesh secured with sutures in women’s Lichtenstein hernioplasty.MethodsThe clinical data of 116 female patients with primary unilateral inguinal hernia who were admitted to The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2014 to January 2017 were prospectively analyzed. A randomized controlled trial was performed based on a random number table. All patients were allocated into self-gripping mesh group (PG group) and ordinary polypropylene mesh group (PL group). The outcomes included operative time, post-operative pain score, analgesic used, hospital stay, urinary retention, wound infection, and seroma were recorded. Patients were followed-up after 1 week, 1 months, 3 months, 1 year, and 2 years after operation. Follow-up data included chronic pain, foreign body feeling, affect daily activities, and recurrence.ResultsNinety-nine participants completed follow-up. There were 48 patients in the PG group and 51 participants in the PL group. The operative time of the PG group was significantly shorter than that of the PL group (P=0.045), but there was no significant difference in analgesic used, hospital stay, incidence of urinary retention and wound infection, visual analogue scale (VAS) of wound pain at rest at 1 week postoperatively, VAS of wound pain on coughing at 1 week postoperatively between the two groups (P>0.05). At 1 month after operation, the incidence of foreign body feeling in the PG group was significantly higher than that of the PL group (P=0.031), while there was no significant difference in ratio of VAS≥3 and incidence of affect daily activities (P>0.05). At 3 months, 1 year, and 2 years after operation, there was no significant difference in incidences of foreign body feeling, chronic pain, and affect daily activities between the two groups (P>0.05). There was one recurrence in the PL group and none in the PG group, without a significant difference (P=0.248).ConclusionThe surgical outcomes of self-gripping mesh are comparable to the ordinary polypropylene mesh with a reduced operation time in women’s Lichtenstein hernioplasty.
ObjectiveTo investigate the clinical characteristics and risk factors of chronic pain after laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.MethodsThe clinical data of 142 cases underwent laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair from January 2013 to December 2017 in The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen Medical College were retrospectively analyzed.ResultsThe incidence of chronic pain after laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair was 12.7% (18/142), and 83.3% (15/18) of the patients were located in the inguinal region. Univariate analysis showed that postoperative chronic pain rates were higher in patients receiving standard patch, large patch, mechanical fixation patch, and with postoperative complications (P<0.05). Multivariate analysis showed that large patch [OR=1.82, 95% CI was (1.18, 5.36), P=0.023], mechanical fixation patch [OR=1.44, 95% CI was (1.07, 3.62), P=0.039], and postoperative complications [OR=2.53, 95% CI was (1.27, 7.31), P=0.011] were independent risk factors for postoperative chronic pain after laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.ConclusionThe occurrence of chronic pain after laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair is the result of many factors, especially the complications and patch factors.
Objective To summarize the experience of surgical treatment of late-onset mesh infection after open inguinal hernia tension-free repair. Methods The retrospective descriptive study was conducted. The clinical data of 128 mesh infection patients after open inguinal tension-free hernia who were admitted to the Department of General Surgery of Shaanxi Provincial People’s Hospital form December 2016 to December 2021 were collected. All patients underwent debridement under general anesthesia through a treatment process of laparoscopic exploration, methylene blue staining, removal of mesh, wound irrigation, and negative pressure closed drainage. Patients were observed for completion of surgery, postoperative recovery, and follow-up results. Results One hundred and twenty-eight patients underwent open debridement successfully. In 98 patients, no abnormality was found on laparoscopic exploration and the infected meshs were removed by direct debridement surgery. In 28 patients, laparoscopic exploration revealed that the meshs had broken through the peritoneum and were tightly adherent to the mesentery and intestinal canal. In 2 patients, revealed abdominal abscesses at the paracolic sulcus of the ascending colon and at the ileocecal tract. The infected meshs were removed relatively intact in 112 patients, and the residual meshs were not removed intact in 16 patients. The operative time of 128 patients were 75–345 minutes with an average of 154 minutes, the bleeding volume was 10–200 mL with an average of 37.4 mL, the time to remove the negative pressure drainage tube after surgery were 5–14 days with an average of 8.4 days, the postoperative hospital stay were 6–18 days with an average of 11.6 days. There were 114 cases of class A healing, 12 cases of class B healing, and 2 cases of class C healing. One hundred and twenty-eight patients underwent postoperative follow-up for 6 to 60 months, with a media follow-up time of 30 months. During the follow-up period, 4 patients developed ipsilateral inguinal hernia recurrence, 4 patients developed reinfection, and 3 patients developed varying degrees of pain in the inguinal region. Conclusions Late-onset mesh infection after open inguinal tension-free hernia repair requires removal mesh by surgical treatment. Laparoscopic exploration, methylene blue-assisted debridement, complete removal of the mesh, strict wound irrigation and negative pressure closure drainage are safe and reliable treatment.
Objective To explore the application effect of same-day surgery mode in adult patients with inguinal hernia repair under enhanced recovery after surgery mode. Methods The perioperative data of adults undergoing inguinal hernia repair in the Day Surgery Center of West China Hospital, Sichuan University between August 2020 and March 2022 were analyzed retrospectively. The adult patients with inguinal hernia repair who received routine daytime surgery were taken as the control group (routine group), and the adult patients with inguinal hernia repair who received same-day surgery were selected as the trial group (same-day group). The differences in safety, cost and patient experience between the two groups were compared and analyzed. Results A total of 319 patients were included, including 152 in the routine group and 167 in the same-day group. There was no significant difference in gender, education level, occupation and hernia ring diameter between the two groups (P>0.05). The age of the patients in the same-day group was older than that in the routine group [(49.49±12.88) vs. (46.41±14.12) years, P<0.05]. The hernia position of the two groups was mostly on the right side, but there was a difference in the hernia position (P<0.05). In terms of safety indicators, the majority of patients in the two groups used local anesthesia. The proportion of local anesthesia (98.2% vs. 76.3%), the amount of intraoperative bleeding [2.8 (2.0, 5.0) vs. 1.3 (0.0, 5.0) mL] in the same-day group were higher than those in the routine group, and the operation time [25.2 (20.0, 33.0) vs. 32.3 (26.0, 40.7) min] in the same-day group was shorter than that in the routine group (P<0.05). There was no significant difference between the two groups in the time of getting out of bed and the complications rate on the 3rd and 28th days after operation (P>0.05). There were no intraoperative complications in both groups. In terms of cost indicators, there was no significant difference between the two groups in the hospitalization cost (P>0.05). The surgery cost of the same-day group was higher than that of the routine group [1472.0 (1438.1, 1614.6) vs. 1450.3 (1428.1, 1438.1) yuan, P<0.05]. The drug cost [109.2 (81.3, 138.7) vs. 255.8 (127.0, 261.6) yuan] and the total medical cost [8418.5 (8207.4, 9129.9) vs. 8912.1 (8325.9, 9177.9) yuan] in the same-day group were lower than those in the routine group (P<0.05). In terms of patient experience indicators, the postoperative pain score [0.3 (0.0, 1.0) vs. 0.2 (0.0, 0.0)] and satisfaction score [3.3 (3.0, 4.0) vs. 3.0 (3.0, 3.0)] of the same-day group were higher than those of the routine group (P<0.05). Conclusion Both the same-day surgery mode and the routine surgery mode of adult patients with inguinal hernia repair have high safety, but the same-day surgery mode is more economical and patient satisfaction is higher than the routine surgery mode, which suggest that the same-day surgery mode of adult patients with inguinal hernia repair under enhanced recovery after surgery mode is feasible, safe and economic, and further optimizes and improves the content and quality of daytime surgical medical services.