Emergency Groin Hernia Repair. Should We Always Search the Other Side?

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Rodrigo Piltcher-da-Silva, M.D. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8726-3158 Vivian Laís Sasaki, M.D. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7505-1492 Luiz Francisco Cravo Bettini, M.D. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9452-8468 Pedro San Martin Soares, Ph.D. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8974-7503 Leandro Totti Cavazzola, M.D. Ph.D. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2356-2789

Abstract

Groin hernia is a common condition with lifetime occurrence up to 27% in men and 3% in women, over 20 million surgeries made annually 1,2 . The lifetime risk of contralateral hernia development is up to 30% 1 . Beyond the discussion about watchful waiting approach and its risk/benefits, the gold-standard treatment for symptomatic and asymptomatic patients is tension free elective surgery repair.

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PILTCHER-DA-SILVA, Rodrigo et al. Emergency Groin Hernia Repair. Should We Always Search the Other Side?. Medical Research Archives, [S.l.], v. 10, n. 9, sep. 2022. ISSN 2375-1924. Available at: <https://esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/view/3094>. Date accessed: 21 nov. 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v10i9.3094.
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