Yousaf Jan Shinwari, Waqas, Muhammad Imran Khan.
Frequency of Early Non-Infectious Wound Complications after Clean Surgery for Inguinal Hernia Repair.
Ophthalmol Update Jan ;12(1):79-82.

Objective: Clean wounds are defined as elective, non-emergency, non-traumatic, made under sterile aseptic surgical condition and in which respiratory, gastrointestinal, genitourinary tracts are not entered. Post-operative complications of wounds can be divided into early, intermediate and late. Early complications are those that occur within 30 days of operation. To determine the frequency and common factors leading to early non-infectious wound complications after clean incised surgical wounds for inguinal hernia repair. Materials and Methods: Necessary workup was done including complete physical examination and data collection regarding confounding factors. All baseline and needful investigations were done and recorded. After surgery, patients were followed on 0, 2nd, 7th, 14th, and 30thpost operative day. Any complications observed were recorded on a proforma. Results: A total of 206 patients were included in the study. Average age of the patients was 47.16years+12.84SD with range of 19-73 years. Majority of patients had haematoma which was found in 19% patients. Conclusions: Haematoma was the major early complication while obesity is the major factor leading to early complications in our study.

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