ABSTRACT
Background: Hernia is generally defined as the protrusion of aviscus from the cavity in which it is normally contained or moreprecisely, as the protrusion of a loop or knuckle of an organ ortissue through an abnormal opening. Hence; the present studywas undertaken for assessing results of sutureless mesh repairof inguinal hernia.Materials & Methods: A total of 20 patients with inguinalhernia were enrolled in the present study. Patients who fulfilledthe inclusion criteria were included into the study after takingdetailed consent for the procedure. Inguinal hernia repair wasperformed by placing mesh on posterior inguinal wall andwithout applying fixation suture or glue. Postoperative follow-upwas done and Visual analogue scale (VAS) was used forassessment of postoperative pain on follow-up. All the resultswere recorded in Microsoft excel sheet and were analyzed bySPSS software.Results: Majority of the patients i.e. 45 percent of the patientsbelonged to the age group of 41 to 50 years, followed by 35percent of the patients who belonged to the age group of 20 to30 years. Punched out/diverticular defect in transversalis fasciawas present in 10 percent of the cases while normal posteriorwall was present in 90 percent of the cases. Mean duration ofoperative procedure was 41.25 minutes. Mean postoperativepain score at 12 hour and 24 hours was 2.95 and 1.84respectively.Conclusion: Sutureless tension free mesh repair in thetreatment of inguinal hernia cases is an effective technique.However; further studies are recommended.