Ansar Latif 1 Junaid Maqbool, Maria Younas, Anila Ansar, Tatheer Fatima, Muhammad Zeeshan.
Surgery for Paraumbilical Hernia at Allama Iqbal Memorial Teaching Hospital, Sialkot - Analysis of 200 patients.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;13(2):295-6.

Aim: To study the outcome of the patients undergoing surgery for paraumbilical hernias at Allama Iqbal Memorial Teaching hospital, Sialkot. Study design: Prospective study. Place and duration of study : Department of General Surgery, Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College, Sialkot from April 2015 to January 2019 . Methods: All patients serially presented in the surgery Department of Allama Iqbal Memorial hospital for surgery for paraumbilical hernia were registered. Male and female patients of all age groups were included. All patients were admitted , complete history taken, examination and medical history including comorbid conditions document ed. All patients were operated by open surgical technique. Laparoscopic surgery was not included in this study. The patients were classed in two groups: Group I Onlay Mesh Repair and Group II Sublay Mesh Repair . Only patients presenting for repair for the first time were included. Recurrentor incisional hernias were excluded from the study. Minimum of three months of follow up was must for inclusion in the study. Results: Total number of patients in our study w ere 419(100%),with the age of 15-79 years having mean age of 42+9 years,in these patients, males were 76 and females were 343 and male to female ratio was 1:5.2, Group I – Onlay Mesh Repair patients were 357 and Group II – Sublay Mesh Repair patients were 62, Obesity was present in 102 and 84 were Diabetics and 34 were hypertensives, 56 patients gave the history of smoking and Asthma was also present in 23 patients. Conclusion: Ventral hernias being a common surgical problem, there is a vast experience to most of surgeons and its surgery is quite safe and associated with few complications.

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