This study included the clinical analysis of 89 cases of adult male inguinal hernia which were treated surgically at Department of Surgery in Ewha University.. Hospital during 5 years from January, 1979 to December, 1983.
The results were as follows
1) The incidence of inguinal hernia was about 6.2% of total patients.
1) Among 298 patients, the incidence of adult male inguinal hernia was 89 cases.
3) The location of inguinal hernia: 55 cases (61.8% ) in the right, 26 cases (29.~%) in the left, 8 cases (9%) bilaterally.
4) The types of inguinal hernia were the indirect in 86 cases (96.6%), the direct in 2 cases (2.3 %) and combined in 1 case (11 %).
5) The cardinal symptoms & signs were inguinal mass(84.3%), scrotal swell ing(24.7%), pain & tenderness of inguinal or scrotal region(13.5%), abdominal paid & distension (9%) and nausea & vomiting (2.2%).
6) Preoperative complications were incarceration´ in 6cases (6.7%) and strangulation in 2 cases (2.2 %), associated diseases were hydreele in 10 cases (11.2 0/a, spearmatocele in 1 case (1.1 %) and undescended tetes in 1 case (1.1%).
Spinal anesthesia was 23 cases (25.9%), epidural anesthesia was 19 cases (21:3%) and general anesthesia was 47 cases (52.8%)
$) The selected operative procedure was Bassini procedure in 51 cases(57.3 %I MC Vay procedure in 36 cases (41.1 %) and Ferguson procedure in 2 cases(2.2 %) 99).The rate of postoperative complication was 8 cases(9%).
10) The average duration of postoperative hospitalization was 7.3 days.
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