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TREATMENT OF INGUINAL HERNIA
BY
DR IBRAHIM GALAL
PROFESSOR OF GENERAL SURGERY
CAIRO UNIVERSITY
EUROPEAN HERNIA SOCIETY GUIDELINES
SEPTEMBER,2009
THE WORLD JOURNAL OF HERNIA AND ABDOMINAL WALL SURGERY
GUIDELINES
• INDICATIONS.
• INVESTIGATIONS.
• RISK FACTORS.
• TYPE OF REPAIR.
• APPROACH.
• MESH TYPE, TECHNIQUE, SIZE.
• ANAESTHESIA.
• ANTIBIOTICS.
INDICATIONS
• ASYMPTOMATIC INGUINAL HERNIA:
WATCHFUL WAITING. (Grade A)
INDICATIONS
• ASYMPTOMATIC INGUINAL HERNIA:
WATCHFUL WAITING.( Grade A)
• SYMPTOMATIC INGUINAL HERNIA:
ELECTIVE SURGERY. (Grade D)
INDICATIONS
• ASYMPTOMATIC INGUINAL HERNIA:
WATCHFUL WAITING. (Grade A)
• SYMPTOMATIC INGUINAL HERNIA:
ELECTIVE SURGERY. (Grade D)
• STRANGULATED HERNIA:
URGENT SURGERY. (Grade D)
INVESTIGATIONS
• CLINICALLY EVIDENT CASE:
NOT NEEDED. (Grade C)
INVESTIGATIONS
• CLINICALLY EVIDENT CASE:
NOT NEEDED. (Grade C)
• OBSCURE CASE (GROIN PAIN/LUMP):
-US.(30%)
-HERNIOGRAPHY. (80%)
-MRI & CT.(90%) (Grade C)
INVESTIGATIONS
• CLINICALLY EVIDENT CASE:
NOT NEEDED. (Grade C)
• OBSCURE CASE (GROIN PAIN/LUMP):
-US.(30%)
-HERNIOGRAPHY. (80%)
-MRI & CT.(90%)(Grade C)
• DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN DIRECT& OBLIQUE:
-NOT USEFUL. (Grade C)
RISK FACTORS
• SMOKING, POSITIVE FAMILY HISTORY, PATENT PROCESSES
VAGINALIS, COLLAGEN DISEASE, AFTER LONG-TERM HEAVY
WORK ,ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM , APPENDICECTOMY ,
ASCITES, PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, COPD, CONSTIPATION AND
PROSTATISM.
• SMOKING CESSATION IS THE ONLY SENSIBLE ADVICE THAT CAN
BE GIVEN WITH RESPECT TO PREVENTING THE DEVELOPMENT
OF AN INGUINAL HERNIA. (GRADE C)
TYPE OF REPAIR
• MESH REPAIR (TENSION FREE):
SHOULD BE USED IN ALL CASES EXCEPT IN
THE PRESENCE OF INFECTION.(Grade A)
TYPE OF REPAIR
• MESH REPAIR (TENSION FREE):
SHOULD BE USED IN ALL CASES EXCEPT IN
THE PRESENCE OF INFECTION.(Grade A)
• NON MESH REPAIR (SHOULDICE TECHNIQUE):
SHOULD BE USED ONLY IF THERE IS RISK OF
INFECTION. (Grade A)
APPROACH
• OPEN AS WELL AS LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH ARE EQUALLY
EFFECTIVE IN UNILATERAL PRIMARY HERNIA. (Grade A)
• LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH IS SUPERIOR IN MULTIPLE
HERNIAS ,IN FEMALES & IN ACTIVE PERSONS. (Grade A)
• OPEN APPROACH (LICHTENSTEIN TECHNIQUE) IS SUPERIOR
IN LARGE HERNIA , IRREDUCIBLE HERNIA & IS MORE COST
EFFECTIVE. (Grade A)
APPROACH TO RECURRENT HERNIA
• RECURRENCE AFTER ANTERIOR APPROACH(OPEN REPAIR) :
POSTERIOR APPROACH (LAPAROSCOPIC OR OPEN
PREPERITONEAL REPAIR). (Grade A)
• RECURRENCE AFTER POSTERIOR APPROACH:
ANTERIOR APPROACH.(Grade A)
LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH
• TEP IS SUPERIOR TO TAPP REGARDING VISCERAL INJURY
PORT SITE HERNIA & POSTOPERATIVE PAIN ,BUT THE
LEARNING CURVE IS LONGER. (Grade B)
MESH TYPE
• THE USE OF LIGHTWEIGHT/LARGE-PORE (>1000
MICRON) MESHES CAN DECREASE LONG TERM
DISCOMFORT BUT POSSIBLY AT THE COST OF
INCREASED RECURRENCE RATE.(GRADE A)
MESH TECHNIQUE
• EXCEPT FOR THE LICHTENSTEIN AND LAPAROSCOPIC
TECHNIQUES (GRADE B), NONE OF THE ALTERNATIVE MESH
TECHNIQUES (EHS,PLUG,PATCH,) HAVE RECEIVED
SUFFICIENT SCIENTIFIC EVALUATION TO BE GIVEN A PLACE
IN THESE GUIDELINES.
MESH SIZE
• IN LAPAROSCOPIC UNILATERAL HERNIA REPAIR,THE IDEAL
MESH SIZE SHOULD BE 10 × 15 cm. (GRADE D)
ANAESTHESIA
• IN OPEN REPAIR, LOCAL ANAESTHESIA IS CONSIDERED
FOR ALL ADULT PATIENTS WITH A PRIMARY REDUCIBLE
UNILATERAL INGUINAL HERNIA. (GRADE A)
• GENERAL ANAESTHESIA WITH SHORT-ACTING AGENTS
COMBINED WITH LOCAL INFILTRATION ANAESTHESIA
MAY BE A VALID ALTERNATIVE TO LOCAL ANAESTHESIA.
(GRADE B)
ANTIBIOTICS
• THERE IS NO INDICATION FOR THE ROUTINE USE OF
ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS IN ELECTIVE OPEN GROIN
HERNIA REPAIR IN LOW RISK PATIENTS.( GRADE A)
• IN LAPAROSCOPIC HERNIA REPAIR, ANTIBIOTIC
PROPHYLAXIS IS PROBABLY NOT INDICATED.(GRADE B)
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  • 2. TREATMENT OF INGUINAL HERNIA BY DR IBRAHIM GALAL PROFESSOR OF GENERAL SURGERY CAIRO UNIVERSITY
  • 3. EUROPEAN HERNIA SOCIETY GUIDELINES SEPTEMBER,2009 THE WORLD JOURNAL OF HERNIA AND ABDOMINAL WALL SURGERY
  • 4. GUIDELINES • INDICATIONS. • INVESTIGATIONS. • RISK FACTORS. • TYPE OF REPAIR. • APPROACH. • MESH TYPE, TECHNIQUE, SIZE. • ANAESTHESIA. • ANTIBIOTICS.
  • 5. INDICATIONS • ASYMPTOMATIC INGUINAL HERNIA: WATCHFUL WAITING. (Grade A)
  • 6. INDICATIONS • ASYMPTOMATIC INGUINAL HERNIA: WATCHFUL WAITING.( Grade A) • SYMPTOMATIC INGUINAL HERNIA: ELECTIVE SURGERY. (Grade D)
  • 7. INDICATIONS • ASYMPTOMATIC INGUINAL HERNIA: WATCHFUL WAITING. (Grade A) • SYMPTOMATIC INGUINAL HERNIA: ELECTIVE SURGERY. (Grade D) • STRANGULATED HERNIA: URGENT SURGERY. (Grade D)
  • 8. INVESTIGATIONS • CLINICALLY EVIDENT CASE: NOT NEEDED. (Grade C)
  • 9. INVESTIGATIONS • CLINICALLY EVIDENT CASE: NOT NEEDED. (Grade C) • OBSCURE CASE (GROIN PAIN/LUMP): -US.(30%) -HERNIOGRAPHY. (80%) -MRI & CT.(90%) (Grade C)
  • 10. INVESTIGATIONS • CLINICALLY EVIDENT CASE: NOT NEEDED. (Grade C) • OBSCURE CASE (GROIN PAIN/LUMP): -US.(30%) -HERNIOGRAPHY. (80%) -MRI & CT.(90%)(Grade C) • DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN DIRECT& OBLIQUE: -NOT USEFUL. (Grade C)
  • 11. RISK FACTORS • SMOKING, POSITIVE FAMILY HISTORY, PATENT PROCESSES VAGINALIS, COLLAGEN DISEASE, AFTER LONG-TERM HEAVY WORK ,ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM , APPENDICECTOMY , ASCITES, PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, COPD, CONSTIPATION AND PROSTATISM. • SMOKING CESSATION IS THE ONLY SENSIBLE ADVICE THAT CAN BE GIVEN WITH RESPECT TO PREVENTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INGUINAL HERNIA. (GRADE C)
  • 12. TYPE OF REPAIR • MESH REPAIR (TENSION FREE): SHOULD BE USED IN ALL CASES EXCEPT IN THE PRESENCE OF INFECTION.(Grade A)
  • 13. TYPE OF REPAIR • MESH REPAIR (TENSION FREE): SHOULD BE USED IN ALL CASES EXCEPT IN THE PRESENCE OF INFECTION.(Grade A) • NON MESH REPAIR (SHOULDICE TECHNIQUE): SHOULD BE USED ONLY IF THERE IS RISK OF INFECTION. (Grade A)
  • 14. APPROACH • OPEN AS WELL AS LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH ARE EQUALLY EFFECTIVE IN UNILATERAL PRIMARY HERNIA. (Grade A) • LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH IS SUPERIOR IN MULTIPLE HERNIAS ,IN FEMALES & IN ACTIVE PERSONS. (Grade A) • OPEN APPROACH (LICHTENSTEIN TECHNIQUE) IS SUPERIOR IN LARGE HERNIA , IRREDUCIBLE HERNIA & IS MORE COST EFFECTIVE. (Grade A)
  • 15. APPROACH TO RECURRENT HERNIA • RECURRENCE AFTER ANTERIOR APPROACH(OPEN REPAIR) : POSTERIOR APPROACH (LAPAROSCOPIC OR OPEN PREPERITONEAL REPAIR). (Grade A) • RECURRENCE AFTER POSTERIOR APPROACH: ANTERIOR APPROACH.(Grade A)
  • 16. LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH • TEP IS SUPERIOR TO TAPP REGARDING VISCERAL INJURY PORT SITE HERNIA & POSTOPERATIVE PAIN ,BUT THE LEARNING CURVE IS LONGER. (Grade B)
  • 17. MESH TYPE • THE USE OF LIGHTWEIGHT/LARGE-PORE (>1000 MICRON) MESHES CAN DECREASE LONG TERM DISCOMFORT BUT POSSIBLY AT THE COST OF INCREASED RECURRENCE RATE.(GRADE A)
  • 18. MESH TECHNIQUE • EXCEPT FOR THE LICHTENSTEIN AND LAPAROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES (GRADE B), NONE OF THE ALTERNATIVE MESH TECHNIQUES (EHS,PLUG,PATCH,) HAVE RECEIVED SUFFICIENT SCIENTIFIC EVALUATION TO BE GIVEN A PLACE IN THESE GUIDELINES.
  • 19. MESH SIZE • IN LAPAROSCOPIC UNILATERAL HERNIA REPAIR,THE IDEAL MESH SIZE SHOULD BE 10 × 15 cm. (GRADE D)
  • 20. ANAESTHESIA • IN OPEN REPAIR, LOCAL ANAESTHESIA IS CONSIDERED FOR ALL ADULT PATIENTS WITH A PRIMARY REDUCIBLE UNILATERAL INGUINAL HERNIA. (GRADE A) • GENERAL ANAESTHESIA WITH SHORT-ACTING AGENTS COMBINED WITH LOCAL INFILTRATION ANAESTHESIA MAY BE A VALID ALTERNATIVE TO LOCAL ANAESTHESIA. (GRADE B)
  • 21. ANTIBIOTICS • THERE IS NO INDICATION FOR THE ROUTINE USE OF ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS IN ELECTIVE OPEN GROIN HERNIA REPAIR IN LOW RISK PATIENTS.( GRADE A) • IN LAPAROSCOPIC HERNIA REPAIR, ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS IS PROBABLY NOT INDICATED.(GRADE B)