Abstract

Introduction The surgical treatment of inguinal hernia has increased in the last decade and its prevalence is not known Objective To evaluate the results of ambulatory surgical treatment of this Entity describe the population techniques and complications from January 2009 to December 2018 Methods An observational descriptive and prospective study of 760 patients with the diagnosis of inguinal hernia was performed which were operated on an outpatient basis in the General Teaching Hospital Enrique Cabrera since January From 2009 to December 2018 Emergency operated patients were excluded Results The highest incidence of inguinal hernia was found between the ages of 60 and 80 years Indirect right inguinal hernia appeared more frequently Desarda s anatomic surgical technique was the most applied in 410 54 of the cases and Lichtenstein s hernioplasty with 224 29 4 followed in frequency There was a total of 5 0 6 recurrences Local anesthesia was applied in 609 90 8 of the patients on an outpatient basis they were 100 The total complications were 31 4 0