Clinical Study
Skin Staples: A Safe Technique for Securing Mesh in Lichtensteins Hernioplasty as Compared to Suture
Table 2
Comparison of various complications in two groups.
| | Suture group II
| Stapler group I
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| Operative complications | | | Haemorrhage | 0 | 0 | Bowel/bladder/neurovascular injury | 0 | 0 | Any other complications | 0 | 0 | Postoperative complications (general) | | | Pulmonary | 0 |
0 | Fever | 0 | 0 | Urinary retention | 4 (8%) | 6 (12%) | Bowel obstruction | 0 | 0 | Postoperative complications (specific) | | | Wound ecchymosis | 0 | 0 | Wound infection | 12 (24%) | 2 (4%) | Wound hematoma | 0 | 0 | Wound seroma | 6 (12%) | 0 | Wound abscess | 0 | 0 | Scrotal oedema | 2 (4%) | 0 | Scrotal hematoma | 0 | 0 | Scrotal abscess | 0 | 0 |
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