Previous unilateral inguinal hernia repair increase risk of new developed inguinal hernia: a nationwide Longitudinal Cohort Study in Asian male adult patients.

Introduction: Our study aims to identify that patients who received hernia repair previously did have higher risk of occurrence of newly developed inguinal hernia, named as a contralateral inguinal hernia (CIH), than patients who never received inguinal hernia surgery before.

Materials And Methods: We collected data from the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) of Taiwan retrospectively. In the study cohort, 64,089 Asian male adults who underwent primary unilateral inguinal hernia repair during 2003-2008 were included using ICD-9 diagnostic and surgical codes.

Risk of developing hypertension after hormone therapy for prostate cancer: a nationwide propensity score-matched longitudinal cohort study.

BackgroundAndrogen deprivation therapy (ADT) is essential in the treatment of advanced and metastatic prostate cancer. As the correlation between hormone therapy and hypertension remains unclear and prostate cancer is less prevalent in the Asian population, the clinician should focus on not only anticancer therapy but also the side effects of the intervention and quality of life of these patients.ObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate the risk of subsequent hypertension in patients undergoing androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer.