Inguinal Hernia: A New (Not Anatomical) Classification

Alloni Rossana; Luffarelli Paolo; Mallozzi S. Maria Francesco; Santoni Simone; Lichinchi Domenico Ernesto; Vitali Massimiliano Andrea

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Inguinal Hernia: A New (Not Anatomical) Classification

Alloni Rossana, Luffarelli Paolo, Mallozzi S. Maria Francesco, Santoni Simone, Lichinchi Domenico Ernesto, Vitali Massimiliano Andrea

Published in Journal of Surgery (Volume 7, Issue 3)

Received: 26 April 2019 Accepted: 31 May 2019 Published: 24 June 2019

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Abstract

Inguinal hernia is one of the most frequently found surgical problems, accounting for about 70-75 per cent of all hernia operations. Inguinal hernia represents a social disease, with considerable management costs. All classifications of inguinal hernia have something of arbitrary and artificial, and unfortunately are based on anatomic and functional criteria. Moreover, single hernia defect can be classified only during the operation and not in a preoperative setting. The aim of this study has been to evaluate the operative times and consequently identify factors that affect the surgical time. In this way we hope to create a new classification useful to standardize the operative time management. From February 2012 to June 2013, in the Day Surgery Unit of Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, 110 consecutive patients were enrolled which underwent to inguinal hernioplasty, and they have been observed by the same surgical team. We evaluated clinical parameters (age, sex, BMI, hernia size defect, reducibility, primitive or recurrent hernia, previous hernia surgery) and compared them with surgical times. Data analysis shows a statistically significant relationship between reducibility, recurrent hernia, male gender, BMI and surgical times. This study confirms that an optimal clinical patient evaluation should always be the first step to an effective organizational choice and it allows realistic predictions about the duration of inguinal hernioplasty.

Published in	Journal of Surgery (Volume 7, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.js.20190703.15
Page(s)	74-77
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Inguinal Hernia, Surgical Time, Classification

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Alloni Rossana, Luffarelli Paolo, Mallozzi S. Maria Francesco, Santoni Simone, Lichinchi Domenico Ernesto, et al. (2019). Inguinal Hernia: A New (Not Anatomical) Classification. Journal of Surgery, 7(3), 74-77. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.js.20190703.15

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Alloni Rossana; Luffarelli Paolo; Mallozzi S. Maria Francesco; Santoni Simone; Lichinchi Domenico Ernesto, et al. Inguinal Hernia: A New (Not Anatomical) Classification. J. Surg. 2019, 7(3), 74-77. doi: 10.11648/j.js.20190703.15

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Alloni Rossana, Luffarelli Paolo, Mallozzi S. Maria Francesco, Santoni Simone, Lichinchi Domenico Ernesto, et al. Inguinal Hernia: A New (Not Anatomical) Classification. J Surg. 2019;7(3):74-77. doi: 10.11648/j.js.20190703.15

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Alloni Rossana

General Surgery Department, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Luffarelli Paolo

General Surgery Department, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Mallozzi S. Maria Francesco

General Surgery Department, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Santoni Simone

General Surgery Department, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Lichinchi Domenico Ernesto

Health Management Department, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Vitali Massimiliano Andrea

Health Management Department, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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