Perfil epidemiológico dos pacientes com diagnóstico de hérnia inguinal em um serviço privado de Aracaju - SE

Abstract

Objective: The present study aims to evaluate and analyze the epidemiology of patients diagnosed with inguinal hernia in the hospital in question and to evaluate the therapy to which the patient was submitted. Methods: This is an analytical, observational, retrospective, descriptive study in which statistical electronic records were analyzed on patients diagnosed with inguinal hernia in a private service in Aracaju - Sergipe, from January 2017 to July 2018, totaling 222 patients. Results: Males presented 78.8% of the sample. The age range of 0 - 9 years was the most affected. Unilateral hernia was more prevalent with 64%. And conventional herniorrhaphy presented 69.3% of the surgical procedures. The relation between the type of hernia and the age group presents p-value <0.05. Conclusion: More data would be needed for a better statistical analysis, but corroborate that the male has inguinal hernia more frequently than the female sex, unilateral hernia prevails in the population environment, being influenced by the age of the patient. The route of the surgical procedure is still under discussion, being better indicated according to the characteristics of the patient and the experience of the surgeon