Comparación de complicaciones postquirúrgicas entre Hernioplastia inguinal convencional frente Herniolap, Hospital General IESS Riobamba, año 2018

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to identify the post-surgical complications of conventional inguinal hernioplasty versus laparoscopic inguinal hernia at the IESS Riobamba General Hospital in 2018, the study was retrospective, descriptive and transversal, conducted at the IESS Riobamba General Hospital, January- December 2018. The statistical analysis was performed using Excel 2010 data sheets, the same data that were processed and statistically analyzed using statistical formulas: percentages, mean, median, in turn the median test and the analysis of variance of: Kruskal - Wallis- (ANOVA), which was used to determine if the surgical procedure influenced the hospital stay of the patients operated by the different surgical procedures. In addition to this, the hypothesis contrast (contrast statistic) was used for the median test, comparing the frequencies observed with each group of operated patients. In turn, it is worth mentioning that the Chi-square test was used to verify whether the postoperative complications presented by patients intervened for inguinal hernia depend on the technique used. 106 cases were studied with different surgical techniques of inguinal hernia surgery: open technique with 69.8% and laparoscopic techniques with 30.1%.This study concludes that the time of operation and hospital stay does not vary between different types of surgical techniques. It is demonstrated that there is influence of the different surgical techniques on the appearance of the following complications: seroma, bruises, infection of the surgical site, reintervention, chronic pain and recurrence.