Publications by authors named "Israel Hagbevor"

Background: Bilateral inguinal hernias are relatively rare in females compared to men. The management outcome of bilateral nylon darn, a method predominantly used in sub-Saharan Africa for same time repairs in complicated or elective hernia surgeries is largely unknown.

Aims And Objectives: Our aim is to report a rare case of same time bilateral inguinal hernia obstruction and review the outcome of bilateral nylon darn posterior wall repairs after herniotomy.

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Introduction And Importance: Surgical site infection (SSI) is an inevitable occurrence in bowel perforation with faecal soiled hernia wound(s) especially in retroviral patients. Unfortunately, the increased antibiotics and wound care demands do not prevent delayed healing, increased risk of hernia recurrence, or multiple surgeries to control the infection. The standard open or endo-laparoscopic Mesh repairs are either deferred or avoided with alternative tissue-based hernia repairs after bowel surgery.

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Introduction: Complicated appendix is a least expected sac content of inguinal hernias that always require appendix surgery and hernia repair. The current recommendations for posterior wall repairs however, continue to attract conflicting views as to which modality gives the best outcome in infected surgical wounds. New posterior wall repair methods with properties to withstand surgical site infections, minimise hernia recurrence, affordable and easy skill to acquire with a potential to be widely adopted are continuosly sort.

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Purpose: Inguinal hernia is a common male surgical disease. Intervention carries a wide range of complications such as scrotal haematoma and seroma which may require surgical re-intervention or predispose patients to developing infections, pains or feeling of mass. This could lead to long hospital stay.

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