Use of UNILENE Polypropylene mesh to repair the inguinal hernia with a dirty or contaminated wound
Summary UNILENE Polypropylene mesh is the technique of choice for the repair of inguinal hernias. Currently, there is controversy about this technique in patients with dirty or contaminated wounds; however, evidence in the medical literature has shown that its use may be safe. The authors present their experience with polypropylene mesh in contaminated surgery for closure of inguinal hernias. Method. A retrospective observational study was carried out in which patients over 18 years of age treated between January 2017 and December 2018 due to inguinal hernias, which required emergency surgical treatment, and who had dirty or contaminated wounds, were included. The criteria evaluated were: surgical wound infection, morbidity and mortality, need for mesh removal, and hernia recurrence. Results. Ten patients underwent emergency surgery, requiring intestinal resection for necrosis: nine of them for strangulated hernias and one for p...