Mehmet Ali Gök1, Ayşegül Karadayı Büyüközsoy2, Mehmet Tolga Kafadar3. 1. Clinic of General Surgery, Kartal Dr Lütfi Kırdar City Hospital, Health Sciences University, Istanbul, Turkey. 2. Clinic of Radiology, Kartal Dr Lütfi Kırdar City Hospital, Health Sciences University, Istanbul, Turkey. 3. Department of General Surgery, Dicle University School of Medicine, Diyarbakır, Turkey. drtolgakafadar@hotmail.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Ultrasonography (US) is a non-invasive, non-ionizing radiation modality highly successful at diagnosing inguinal hernia. The aim of this study is to demonstrate the accuracy of ultrasound in evaluating defects of fascia in inguinal hernias and compare with surgical findings. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of 33 patients with a sonographic diagnosis of an inguinal hernia are included to study. After US, all patients underwent a blinded surgery and the surgical findings are compared with the US results. RESULTS: The sensitivity of US was found to be 100% and 80% for indirect and direct types, respectively. The mean size of the defect was found to be 22 mm (max: 70 mm, min: 6 mm) with US; and 27 mm (max: 50 mm, min: 4 mm) at surgery. The size of defects at US and in surgery were correlated with each other (p = 0.001).
OBJECTIVE: Ultrasonography (US) is a non-invasive, non-ionizing radiation modality highly successful at diagnosing inguinal hernia. The aim of this study is to demonstrate the accuracy of ultrasound in evaluating defects of fascia in inguinal hernias and compare with surgical findings. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of 33 patients with a sonographic diagnosis of an inguinal hernia are included to study. After US, all patients underwent a blinded surgery and the surgical findings are compared with the US results. RESULTS: The sensitivity of US was found to be 100% and 80% for indirect and direct types, respectively. The mean size of the defect was found to be 22 mm (max: 70 mm, min: 6 mm) with US; and 27 mm (max: 50 mm, min: 4 mm) at surgery. The size of defects at US and in surgery were correlated with each other (p = 0.001).