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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