TITLE:
The Diagnosis and Treatments of Inguinal Hernia after Radical Prostatectomy
AUTHORS:
Tao Li, Zhiping Wang
KEYWORDS:
Inguinal Hernia; Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy; Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy
JOURNAL NAME:
Surgical Science,
Vol.4 No.1,
January
29,
2013
ABSTRACT: Prostate cancer (PC) is one of the most common causes of cancer-related death in the world among old men. Radical prostatectomy (RP) is the most common surgical procedure in treatments. However, the complications after RRP always confuse surgeons. Urinary incontinence, impotence, erectile dysfunction frequently have effects on the quality of life after RP on patients occurred PC. Inguinal hernias (IHs) after RP is the most common complication, especially indirect hernias. Thus, patients occurred post-IH are frequently performed secondary surgery. In recent years, urologists have explored different surgical techniques, managements, and preoperationly detections to prevent the development of IH postoperationly. However, the precise mechanism of this procedure occurred is unclear till now. Some retrospective studies have been performed to explore the occurence of IH post-RRP and prophylactic techniques to prevent or decrease IH occurred after RRP. Disappointingly, there is no one efficient and precise method influenced this procedure occurred. We reviewed recent studies about IH after RP through different approaches to evaluate the development of this procedure.