Result of 130 Lichtenstein hernioplasty done at Integral Health Care Center “Tamborito” during 2008. Aragua, Venezuela

Abstract

The surgical option for the inguinal hernia until a few years back depended on the technique which the surgeon was training to, but after the description of free tension technique in 1970 by Lichtenstein with excellent result it has become the gold standards procedure for the inguinal herniorraphy. A descriptive studied of 120 patients who have been Lichtenstein hernioplasty done during the year 2008. The gold of the study was describe the effectively of this technique in those patients. Most of the patients were men within 45 to 65 years old. The most frequent side affected was the right and clase II and III of Gilbert classification modified by Rutkow and Robbins. We conclude that the results with this technique are effective, with low complication index and without recurrence after two years of follow out.