A STUDY OF TOTAL PERITONEAL (TEP) MESH PLACEMENT BY OPEN METHOD IN GROIN HERNIAS IN A TERITIARY CARE HOSPITAL.

Volume : VIII, Issue : VII, July - 2018

Dr. Suri Appa Rao Malla

AIM– THE AIM OF THE STUDY IS TO FIND OUT MERITS AND DEMERITS OF EXTRA PERITONEAL

MESH PLACEMENT IN GROIN HERNIAS IN OPEN METHOD

OBJECTIVE – A prospective study of management of groin hernias by of extra peritoneal mesh placement in open method in Department of

general surgery ,king George hospital ,Andhra medical college for a period of one year i.e from april 2017 to april 2018

MATERAILS AND METHODS–Inclusion criteria – patients complaints of inguinal hernia either direct or indirect , unilateral or bilateral ,

reducible or irreducible cases of primary or recurrent cases who required repair.

Exclusion criteria – patient with congenital inguinal hernia, obstruction/strangulated/incarcerated hernia and those who opted for laparoscopic

surgery