Comparison between complications of surgical repair of indirect inguinal hernia by Lichtenstein and Read-rives methods in the 20-40 year-old patients referred to Hamadan Besat Hospital

A Comparison Between Complications of Surgical Repair of Indirect Inguinal Hernia by Lichtenstein and Read-rives Procedure Ramin Ebrahimian1, Hesam Amini2, Farnaz Akbari3 and Seyed Mohammadreza Javadi1* 1Department of General Surgery, Besat Hospital, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran. 2Department of General Surgery, Besat Hospital, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran. 3Department of Neurology, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/bbra/1508 (Received: 10 March 2014; accepted: 15 April 2014) Inguinal hernia has high prevalence in the worldwide. Two current methods of surgery are Read-Rives and Lichtenstein. The Read-rives method which is Perry peritoneal makes less weak points. Lichtenstein method is easier and also is sub-Apo neuroses. Studying two mentioned methods due to the duration of surgery and inpatient, recurrent hernia and pain is the aim of this study. 86 patients of inguinal indirect and primary hernia were divided into two equal groups of Read-Rives and Lichtenstein randomly. Duration of surgery and inpatient, recurrent hernia and pain were evaluated 48 hours, one month and three months after intervention according to the VAS scale and recurrent of Hernia between 6 and 12 months. The mean of operative time obtained 51.5 and 45.5 minutes (p