Vol. 3, Issue 2, Part C (2019)

Methodology: This observational study was conducted among 65 patients who attended Surgery OPD of Government Hospital Sarwal, Jammu for inguinal hernia repair or recurrence. All the study subjects who had come to the hospital with complaints of groin swelling with or without pain were examined.

Results: Among the 65 patients included in the study, most of them were men (72.3%) with a mean age of 44.11 years. (49.2%) and had predominantly right-sided hernia. Most of the patients presented late to the hospital due to the lack of awareness of the disease. Strenuous activity such as lifting weights followed by constipation, smoking and family history was the common risk factors.

Conclusion: Late presentation of disease is the hallmark of this disease in rural areas due to the lack of awareness. Increasing awareness of the disease among general population will lead to inguinal hernias being detected at earlier stage and will decrease the morbidity due to this disease.