Paraumbilical hernias: A comparison between mesh hernioplasty and simple suture repair at arif memorial teaching hospital Lahore

Aim: to compare the rate of recurrence between mesh hernioplasty and simple suture repair in the management of paraumbilical hernias. methods: total 60 patients were recruited over the period of 02 years from outpatient department of arif memorial teaching hospital lahore. they were subdivided into two groups. group a patients were repaired in traditional way and group b patients underwent mesh repair. maximum follow up period was one year and a comparison was made between two groups in terms of length of hospital stay,complications and rate of recurrence. results: in group a,3(10%) patients had recurrence which was quite high compared to the group b which had only one recurrence (3%). rate of infection was similar in both groups (10%). there were incidences of postoperative hematomas and seromas formation in group a but none in group b. conclusion: mesh hernioplasty significantly reduced the recurrence rate as compared to the traditional suture repair. unlike results of the other studies,infection rate was not high in mesh group.