Bowel obstruction as a serious complication of patients with femoral hernia.
Surg Today
; 51(5): 738-744, 2021 May.
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| ID: mdl-33030651
PURPOSE: The implications of bowel obstruction occurring secondary to femoral hernia have not been discussed in the literature recently. Thus, we report our experience of treating patients with femoral hernias complicated by bowel obstruction versus patients with femoral hernias not complicated by bowel obstruction. METHODS: The subjects of this retrospective study were patients admitted to our hospital for the treatment of femoral hernias between 2016 and 2019. We used the Fisher and Student's T test to compare the preoperative characteristics, treatment, and outcomes of patients with bowel obstruction versus those without bowel obstruction. RESULTS: A total of 53 patients (mean age, 66.9 ± 15.1 years) were treated, 18 (33.9%) of whom underwent elective surgery and 35 (66%) of whom required emergency surgery (p = 0.001). The mean time between the development of symptoms and hospitalization was 4.5 ± 3.1 days for the patients with bowel obstruction and 1.6 ± 3.2 days for those without bowel obstruction (p = 0.001). The length of hospital stay was 11.1 ± 21.1 days for the patients with bowel obstruction and 1 ± 1.8 days for those without bowel obstruction (p = 0.028). Overall morbidity and mortality rates were 13.2% and 5.6%, respectively. CONCLUSION: Femoral hernias causing bowel obstruction are associated with greater time between the development of symptoms, hospitalization, and with a longer hospital stay.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Procedimentos Cirúrgicos do Sistema Digestório
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Herniorrafia
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Hérnia Femoral
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Obstrução Intestinal
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Surg Today
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
México
País de publicação:
Japão