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Vol. 75. Issue 4.
Pages 204-206 (April 2004)
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Vol. 75. Issue 4.
Pages 204-206 (April 2004)
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Estudio prospectivo de las complicaciones de la cirugía de la hernia en función de la edad de los pacientes
Prospective study of complications of hernia repair according to patient age
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Miguel Ángel Ciga1, Fabiola Oteiza, Héctor Ortiz
Servicio de Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo. Hospital Virgen del Camino. Pamplona. Navarra. España.
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Objetivo

Valorar si el tratamiento quirúrgico electivo de la hernia inguinal en pacientes mayores de 75 años tiene unos resultados similares al observado en personas más jóvenes en términos de mortalidad y morbilidad.

Material y método

Estudio prospectivo en 299 pacientes intervenidos de forma electiva durante 2002 por hernia inguinal unilateral no complicada; 54 pacientes (grupo 1) eran mayores de 75 años y 245 pacientes (grupo 2), menores de esta edad. Las variables registradas fueron: tipo de hernia, porcentaje de hernias primarias y recidivadas, tipo de anestesia, técnica de reparación, índice de sustitución en cirugía mayor ambulatoria y complicaciones postoperatorias.

Resultados

Aunque el riesgo anestésico fue significativamente mayor en el grupo 1 (el 88,8% de pacientes ASA III frente al 6,9%; p < 0,0005), no hubo diferencias significativas entre ambos grupos en la morbimortalidad registrada (mortalidad: 0; complicaciones postoperatorias: 3,7 frente al 1,6%).

Conclusión

Los resultados de la hernioplastia sin tensión son satisfactorios con independencia de la edad de los pacientes.

Palabras clave:
Hernia inguinal
Hernioplastia
Edad
Objective

To evaluate whether morbidity and mortality after elective repair of inguinal hernia in patients older than 75 years are similar to those observed in younger patients.

Material and method

We performed a prospective study of 299 patients who underwent elective surgery in 2002 for uncomplicated unilateral inguinal hernia. Fifty-four patients (group 1) were older than 75 years and 245 patients (group 2) were younger than 75 years. The variables analyzed were: type of hernia, percentage of primary and recurrent hernias, type of anesthesia, surgical technique, substitution rate in ambulatory surgery, and postoperative complications.

Results

The anesthetic risk was significantly higher in group 1 (88.8% of patients were ASA III vs 6.9%; p < 0.0005), but there were no significant differences between the two groups in morbidity and mortality (mortality 0; postoperative complications: 3.7% vs 1.6%).

Conclusion

The results of tension-free hernioplasty are satisfactory, irrespective of patient age.

Key words:
Inguinal hernia
Hernioplasty
Age
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