One Time Surgery in Contemporary Diseases of the Abdominal Wall and Pelvis in the Elderly

AbstractIntroduction: The diseases most frequently found in the elderly are E.I. (inguinal hernia)* andBPH. (Prostatic hypertrophy non-neoplastic)*. The latter causes an effect on the abdominal wall to theincrease in abdominal pressure from cervical-urethral obstruction, leading to the onset of the inguinalhernia pathology due to abdominal pressure which is higher, the greater as the residual bladder urine.The purpose of the study is to provide information on the surgical strategy and on timing in the presenceof the simultaneous two diseases.Material and Method: Patients observed and joint treated were divided into two subgroups A(patients without) and B (patients with prosthetic implantation), with a mean age of 74 years. Thesepatients accounted for 23% of the cases handled by hernioplasty and 49% of treated cases of BPH.The surgical treatment performed for joint pathologies in the two groups was that of a Pfannestiel singlesuper-pubic incision extending on the projection of the inguinal ligament. In a first stage is performeda prostatic adeno-myomectomy sec Frayer, and subsequently an hernioplasty (prosthetic and do not).Results: The complications (seroma, hematoma) represented 10.6% of group A patients. In groupB patients’ complications attested to only 6% of cases, without a significant increase in complicationsor therapeutic failure, or a prolongation of hospital stay which was an average of 4 days and of 2 daysin group A and B respectively. Early recurrent hernia, episodes that usually occur in the immediatepostoperative period (prosthesis mobilization, throttling of the spermatic cord, etc.), we observe only1% in group B, while present in 3% of patients in group A without affixing the prosthetic material. Finallythe follow-up, implemented for a period of 24 -36 months to two groups, was sufficiently adequate forthe purposes of a detection of possible late complications or relapses.Discussion: The affixing of the prosthesis thanks to the continuous evolution of materials andimproved surgical technique favors the consolidation of early hernioplasty and the further reduction ofthe relapse rate. The simultaneous treatment of the two diseases in terms of satisfaction in patientstreated has produced excellent results. Patients with only one operating session are not exposed toadditional risks both anesthesia, and surgical, still burdened by complicationsConclusions: The treatment of joint diseases EI ((inguinal hernia) and BPH (prostatic hypertrophynon-neoplastic) meets a great liking to the patient, for the adoption of a single analgesia to allowthe implementation of both interventions in same day. Anatomical incision detects any non-clinicallysignificant hernias, or unmask