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Evaluating the Natural History of Groin Hernia from an “Unplanned” Watchful Waiting Strategy

Groin hernia is one of the most common surgical diagnoses worldwide. The indication for surgery in asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients is discussed. Some trials have demonstrated the safety of a watchful waiting strategy. During the pandemic, waiting lists for hernia surgery dramatically inc...

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Autores principales: Ceresoli, Marco, Adjei Antwi, Stella Konadu, Mehmeti, Megi, Marmaggi, Serena, Braga, Marco, Nespoli, Luca
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10299075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37373820
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12124127
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author Ceresoli, Marco
Adjei Antwi, Stella Konadu
Mehmeti, Megi
Marmaggi, Serena
Braga, Marco
Nespoli, Luca
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description Groin hernia is one of the most common surgical diagnoses worldwide. The indication for surgery in asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients is discussed. Some trials have demonstrated the safety of a watchful waiting strategy. During the pandemic, waiting lists for hernia surgery dramatically increased the opportunity to evaluate the natural history of groin hernias. The present study aimed to evaluate the incidence of emergency hernia surgery in a large cohort of patients that were selected and were waiting for elective surgery. This is a retrospective cross-sectional cohort study including all patients evaluated and selected for elective groin hernia surgery at San Gerardo Hospital between 2017 and 2020. Elective and emergency hernia surgeries were recorded for all patients. The incidence of adverse events was also evaluated. Overall, 1423 patients were evaluated, and 964 selected patients (80.3%) underwent elective hernia surgery, while 17 patients (1.4%) required an emergency operation while waiting for an elective operation. A total of 220 (18.3%) patients were still awaiting surgery in March 2022. The overall cumulative risk levels for emergency hernia surgeries were 1%, 2%, 3.2%, and 5% at 12, 24, 36, and 48 months, respectively. There was no association between longer waiting periods and an increased need for emergency surgery. Our study indicates that up to 5% of patients with groin hernia require emergency surgery at 48 months from the evaluation; the increased waiting time for surgery for elective groin hernia repair was not associated with an increased incidence of adverse events.
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spelling pubmed-102990752023-06-28 Evaluating the Natural History of Groin Hernia from an “Unplanned” Watchful Waiting Strategy Ceresoli, Marco Adjei Antwi, Stella Konadu Mehmeti, Megi Marmaggi, Serena Braga, Marco Nespoli, Luca J Clin Med Article Groin hernia is one of the most common surgical diagnoses worldwide. The indication for surgery in asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients is discussed. Some trials have demonstrated the safety of a watchful waiting strategy. During the pandemic, waiting lists for hernia surgery dramatically increased the opportunity to evaluate the natural history of groin hernias. The present study aimed to evaluate the incidence of emergency hernia surgery in a large cohort of patients that were selected and were waiting for elective surgery. This is a retrospective cross-sectional cohort study including all patients evaluated and selected for elective groin hernia surgery at San Gerardo Hospital between 2017 and 2020. Elective and emergency hernia surgeries were recorded for all patients. The incidence of adverse events was also evaluated. Overall, 1423 patients were evaluated, and 964 selected patients (80.3%) underwent elective hernia surgery, while 17 patients (1.4%) required an emergency operation while waiting for an elective operation. A total of 220 (18.3%) patients were still awaiting surgery in March 2022. The overall cumulative risk levels for emergency hernia surgeries were 1%, 2%, 3.2%, and 5% at 12, 24, 36, and 48 months, respectively. There was no association between longer waiting periods and an increased need for emergency surgery. Our study indicates that up to 5% of patients with groin hernia require emergency surgery at 48 months from the evaluation; the increased waiting time for surgery for elective groin hernia repair was not associated with an increased incidence of adverse events. MDPI 2023-06-19 /pmc/articles/PMC10299075/ /pubmed/37373820 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12124127 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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