Volume : X, Issue : II, February - 2020

Low Lying Pubic Tubercle in Patients with Inguinal Hernia – A Review

Mohamed Umar Farook S, Dinker Pai R, Lokesh Kumar R

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The hernia is quite a common problem of today’s civilization. There are various risk factors for the development of inguinal hernia but the anatomical cause of inguinal hernia is still not known. The aim was to undertake a review about the relationship of low lying pubic tubercle in patients with inguinal hernia. A literature search was conducted using PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, Embase and Web of Science databases up to 3 Dec 2019. Inclusion criteria for studies were patients with inguinal hernia and the controls were age and gender matched normal individuals. A total of 14 studies met the inclusion criteria and were included in the analysis. In all the studies, patients with inguinal hernia and same number of age, gender and BMI matched normal individuals taken as controls were studied. The anthropometric measurements of pelvis like SS line, ST line were measured and the ST and SS line were longer in patients with inguinal hernia (p<0.005) when compared with controls (age and gender matched). Conclusion: Based on the results of study, it can be concluded that low lying pubic tubercle plays a major anatomical risk factor in the development of indirect inguinal hernia.

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LOW LYING PUBIC TUBERCLE IN PATIENTS WITH INGUINAL HERNIA‾A REVIEW, Mohamed Umar Farook S, Dinker Pai R, Lokesh Kumar R INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-2 | February-2020

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