Is inguinal hernia repair safe for testicular atrophy? Our 10 year results

Authors

  • Haydar Celasin Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Lokman Hekim University, Ankara, Turkey
  • Faraj Afandiyev Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Lokman Hekim University, Ankara http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4824-1271

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20210061

Keywords:

Erectile function, İnguinal hernia, Scrotal color doppler ultrasonography, Testicular atrophy

Abstract

Background: We aimed to determine the incidence and predictors of testicular atrophy (TA) in patients undergoing inguinal hernia repair at our hospital.

Methods: The total patient number is 578.The patients were divided Group-1 (developed testicular atrophy) and Group-2 (did not develop testicular atrophy). The testicles were evaluated with Scrotal Color Doppler Ultrasonography (SCDU) in preoperative and postoperative third month.

Results: Median age in the Group - 1 and Group - 2 respectively is 64,0±12,3 (47-81) and 48,9±17,4 (18-89) (p=0.037). TA developed in 5.01% (29/578) of the patients. We determined that TA developed more often in the patients who are over the age of 40 (p=0.007), in secondary cases (p<0.001), in  open repair (p<0.001), those who do not use perioperative narcotic and Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) (p<0.001), those who use perioperative antispasmodic drugs (p=0.017), those having a rheumatic disease(RD) and  diabetes mellitus(DM) (p<0.001).Results of multivariate analysis, testicular atrophy development increases when perioperative NSAID is not used ( OR:13.24; 95% CI:4.19-41.87; p<0.001) , perioperative narcotic is not applied (OR:13.91; 95% CI:4.35-44.55; p<0.001) and RD exists (OR:0.10; 95%CI:0.03-0.35; p<0.001).

Conclusions: Advanced age, DM and rheumatic disease, not using perioperative NSAIDs, narcotic drugs and antispasmodic drugs increases the risk of testicular atrophy.

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2021-01-29

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