A Practical Experience with the Stoppa Repair in our Set Up

Inguinal hernia is a very common problem and has been treated surgically since long. The Stoppa repair is a tension free type of hernia repair, performed by wrapping the lower part of the parietal peritoneum with prosthetic mesh and placing it at a preperitoneal level over Fruchauds myopectineal orifice. We evaluated Stoppa pro peritoneal mesh repair as a method of repair for bilateral and unilateral, direct and indirect, primary and recurrent inguinal hernia. 60 patients, with inguinal hernia were treated with stoppa’s technique during January 2005 – Dec 2008 presenting to outpatient department of surgical department of Mayo hospital. Out of 60 patients 35 had primary bilateral hernia, 13 had recurrent unilateral hernia whereas 1 had recurrent bilateral and 2 had unilateral recurrent and contra lateral primary inguinal hernia whereas rest of 9 had primary unilateral hernia 5 direct and 5 indirect. Patients were followed up for 1 year to notice any complications including recurrence. Drain was placed in all patients. Complications occurred in 21% patients which were minor. There was no recurrence. So it was concluded that stoppas technique may be a useful technique to treat inguinal hernia