Correlation between the presence of inguinal hernia and the intensity of lower urinary tract symptoms

Abstract

Patients with IH present higher IPSS. The role of IPSS as a marker to predict the development of clinical IH still to be determined.

Problems with administration of international prostate symptom score in a developing community

“…The implication of this is that this class of patients is more likely to present with complications relating to prostatic enlargement. [6] The major drawback to the administration of the IPSS in our environment is illiteracy. Van der walt et al compared a new visual prostate symptom score (VPSS) versus IPSS in men in cape town and found no significant difference between the VPSS and the IPSS.…”

Prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms in patients undergoing inguinal hernia repair

“…The main reason for the difference between the two studies is that, the patients selected were above 50 years of age in study by Reis et al, whereas in our study patients over 18 years of age are selected. 8 Out of those 32 patients in the inguinal hernia group by Reis et al, mild, moderate and severe LUTS were present in 4 (12.5%); 16 (50%) and 12 (37.5%) patients respectively, assessed using IPSS scoring system. 8 In our study of 100 patients, mild, moderate and severe LUTS were present in 50 (50%); 8 (8%) and 2 (2%) patients respectively using AUA symptom scoring system.…”

“…In 11 patients who were diagnosed to have BPH, only 7 patients had AUA score of more than 8 and the remaining 4 patients had AUA score less than 8. The 3 patients with partial urethral stricture had moderate symptoms as per AUA score (8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19). In total 10 patients had AUA score >8 (Table 1).…”

“…7 In the present study, In the present study, we tried to find out the prevalence of LUTS in patients presenting to surgical OPD for hernia repair who otherwise apparently did not have any urinary symptoms. There are few similar studies present in the literature evaluating the correlation between the LUTS and presence of inguinal hernia done by Reis et al and Chaukulkar et al 8,9 Though these studies correlated the presence of inguinal hernia and severity of lower urinary tract symptoms, none of these studies have seen the prevalence of LUTS in inguinal hernia patients directly.…”

“…Reis et al studied the correlation between the presence of inguinal hernia and the intensity of lower urinary tract symptoms. 8 In that study, 32 patients in the inguinal hernia group were evaluated for LUTS. This study showed that in inguinal hernia group, IPSS score of more than 7 was present in 28 (87.5%) patients.…”