New Surgical Method Could Become An Alternative For Treating Groin Hernias In Women

In a study conducted successful Uganda and published successful JAMA Surgery, researchers from Karolinska Institutet evaluated a caller surgical method for treating groin hernias successful women. The method could go an replacement successful resource-limited settings wherever laparoscopic techniques are not mostly available.

Groin hernia repair is nan astir communal wide surgical process successful nan world. Groin hernias are much communal successful men, but women are much apt to acquisition complications owed to this condition.
Many women successful low- and middle-income countries who request room for groin hernias deficiency entree to laparoscopy (keyhole surgery). To measure a caller method utilizing unfastened surgery, nan researchers conducted a randomised objective proceedings astatine 2 publically funded hospitals successful Uganda. The study included 200 women who underwent groin hernia room and were followed up aft 2 weeks and aft 1 year.

Femoral hernias were common

There are 2 main types of groin hernias, called inguinal and femoral hernias. The information showed that nan caller surgical method was effective for some femoral and inguinal groin hernias.

Its effectiveness for some types is peculiarly important arsenic nan study besides showed that astir 45 percent of nan women had femoral hernias, which transportation a higher consequence of complications.

The truth that truthful galore of nan women had femoral hernias was unexpected and highlights nan request to create effective, safe and accessible methods."

Alphonsus Matovu, PhD, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet and first writer of nan article

Millions of women affected

The results are promising arsenic nan caller method could beryllium developed into a viable replacement wherever entree to precocious laparoscopic room is limited.

"Women pinch groin hernias tin suffer superior and moreover fatal complications and truthful request entree to effective surgical methods," says Jenny Löfgren, docent astatine nan aforesaid section and past writer of nan article. "The caller method could go a valuable instrumentality to amended attraction for millions of women".

The method needs further evaluation, and nan researchers will besides travel up pinch nan study participants 5 years aft room to guarantee semipermanent results. To amended treatment, nan caller method will besides beryllium compared pinch different surgical methods, some unfastened and laparoscopic.

The Swedish Research Council funded nan study.