Paraumbilical hernia repair during cesarean delivery

Pregnant women with paraumbilical hernia usually postpone hernia repair until after delivery, but some patients request that it be done during cesarean delivery. Therefore, we evaluated the outcome of combined cesarean delivery and paraumbilical hernia repair in a prospective study at a tertiary ref...

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Published in:Annals of Saudi medicine 2009-03, Vol.29 (2), p.115-118
Main Authors: Ghnnam, Wagih M, Helal, Adel S, Fawzy, Muhammad, Ragab, Ahmed, Shalaby, Hend, Elrefaay, Ehsan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdominal surgery
Adult
Blood Loss, Surgical
Cesarean Section
Female
Gravidity
Health aspects
Hernia
Hernia, Umbilical - etiology
Hernia, Umbilical - surgery
Hernias
Humans
Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data
Navel
Original
Pain Measurement
Parity
Patient outcomes
Patient Satisfaction
Postoperative Complications
Pregnancy
Prospective Studies
Recurrence
Statistics, Nonparametric
Surgery
Surgical outcomes
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:Pregnant women with paraumbilical hernia usually postpone hernia repair until after delivery, but some patients request that it be done during cesarean delivery. Therefore, we evaluated the outcome of combined cesarean delivery and paraumbilical hernia repair in a prospective study at a tertiary referral university hospital. In a prospective study, we compared the outcome of 48 patients undergoing cesarean delivery combined with paraumbilical hernia repair versus 100 low-risk patients undergoing cesarean delivery alone. The main outcome measures were operation time, blood loss, severity of pain, peripartum complications, hospital stay, hernia recurrence, and patient satisfaction. The combined procedure took significantly longer than cesarean delivery alone (75.2 minutes versus 60.5 minutes, P
ISSN:0256-4947
0975-4466
DOI:10.4103/0256-4947.51798