STUDY OF CLINICAL PATTERN AND EFFECT OF COMORBIDITIES ON INCISIONAL HERNIA
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 56
Abstract
BACKGROUND Incisional hernia is very common problem in post-laparotomy patient. It increases morbidity and also affects quality of life in longterm. Countless procedures have been advocated for their cure. Numerous suggestions have been offered to prevent them. In spite of all precautions during surgery and meticulous repairs to cure them, we still come across a number of cases with incisional hernias and failure to repair of incisional hernias leading to “recurrent incisional hernia.” MATERIALS AND METHODS This case series of incisional hernia, which was comprising of 38 patients over a period of two years in which the demographic profile, clinical presentation, comorbid conditions and outcome of repair was studied and the collected data analysed statistically. RESULTS Study showed that morbid obesity is the most important contributing factor in the causation of a “recurrent incisional hernia.” Incisional hernia is a common iatrogenic complication of abdominal surgery and is cause of unwanted morbidity. Study showed that incisional hernia is a common problem in females after gynaecological operations. Obesity was found to be the most important factor when the effect of comorbidities was studied. Fifteen out of the thirty eight (39.47%) patients came under the category of morbidly obese. CONCLUSION In this study, there was a group of 11 patients with history of unsuccessful repair of their incisional hernias for more than once leading to “recurrent incisional hernias.” Out of these 11 patients, 6 were with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of more than 40 (morbid obesity, grade III).
Authors and Affiliations
Sanjay M Datey, Nilesh Thakare, Abhishek Gurjar, Anshuman Bajpai, Anique Gajdhar, Mohit Goyal, Sneha Ninama, Vipul Golcha
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP226137
- DOI 10.14260/Jemds/2017/909
- Views 81
- Downloads 0
STUDY OF CLINICAL AND LABORATORY PROFILE IN PATIENTS OF FEVER WITH THROMBOCYTOPENIA AND ITS OUTCOME DURING HOSPITAL STAY- A STUDY AT RIMS, A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL AT ONGOLE, PRAKASAM DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
BACKGROUND Fever with thrombocytopenia may manifest in infective and non-infective conditions. Thrombocytopenia is often missed, because it is not often looked for and the required investigations are not generally asked...
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DYNAMIC LUNG FUNCTION TESTS IN OBESE AND NON-OBESE INDIVIDUALS
[b] BACKGROUND AND AIM[/b]: The present day global phenomenon of obesity among all age groups is causing multiple health-related issues increasing both mortality and morbidity. Functions of many organs of the body a...
CARDIAC FIBROMA, A RARE PRIMARY TUMOUR- A CASE REPORT
PRESENTATION OF CASE A 5-year-old female child presented with easy fatiguability, fever and chest pain of 2 months’ duration, prior to which she was asymptomatic. This rare way of presentation of the child made us docume...
HETEROTOPIC PREGNANCY AFTER SPONTANEOUS CONCEPTION- A RARE ENTITY
PRESENTATION OF CASE We report a rare case of Heterotopic pregnancy in a natural conception cycle, where a clinically stable patient with low risk factors which was picked up on USG. This case report emphasises the impor...
A STUDY OF RENAL TUMOURS FOR A PERIOD OF 5 YEARS
BACKGROUND Cancer of the kidney amounts to 2 % of the total human cancer burden with approximately 1,90, 000 new cases diagnosed each year. They occur in all regions of the world with a higher incidence in developed coun...