Predisposing factors and demographic analysis in inguinal hernia

Yayın Aralığı: Aylık
Yayıncı: İnönü Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi

Aim: This study aims to identify the distribution of inguinal hernia by types, age and gender, and to find the correlation between inguinal hernia and chronic diseases, lifestyle and familial tendency.Material and Methods: Of the patients admitted to our clinic, the following were recorded: age, gender, height, weight, body mass index (kg/m²), whether they do heavy labour or sports, chronic disease, direction of hernia, whether there is incarceration and strangulation and immediate family history of inguinal hernia. The data were analysed using the SPSS statistics software. p

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