AIM – To correlate presence of lower urinary tract symptoms related to BPH in patients with inguinal hernia.

MATERIALS AND METHODS–This Cross sectional observationalstudy was performed at department of General surgery of a tertiary care hospital with sample size 100 and 18 months durations.

RESULTS– Non–Significant correlation was seen between operative findings of hernia and mean peak flow rates (p= 0.541), IPSS (p= 0.831), prostatomegaly (p= 0.63 ).

CONCLUSION– Patient with inguinal hernia had similar LUTS symptom scores (IPSS) and similar uroflowmetric parameters compared to general population. There was no statistically significant association between configuration of inguinal hernia and other parameters like grades of prostatomegaly, IPSS scores and mean peak flow rates.