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    Frecuencia de complicaciones postoperatorias en hernioplastias abdominales en el Hospital de Especialidades José Carrasco Arteaga. Febrero - mayo 2024. Cuenca
    (Universidad de Cuenca, 2025-09-02) Marín Torres, Karen Marcela; Pasaca Jumbo, Steffi Mariel; Tenezaca Tacuri, Ángel Hipólito
    Background: abdominal hernias are a frequent pathology worldwide, and their treatment accounts for a large percentage of all scheduled surgeries. The objective of the study was to estimate the frequency of postoperative complications in abdominal hernias in a level three hospital, the specialty hospital José Carrasco Arteaga, during the period from February to May, 2024. Methods: Descriptive study. Data set: 52 patients. A data collection form was used to obtain data including sociodemographic information, co-morbidities, clinical characteristics and complications. The data was processed using SPSS version 26.0 and tables were produced which summarize the analysis. Results: The average age of the study population was 60 years (DS ±14,298); 50% were older adults; 59.6% were men; 50% were overweight; 15.4% had diabetes mellitus and 23.1% had hypertension. Of all the cases, 52.5% were inguinal hernias, the Lichtenstein technique was used in 53.8%, the TEP technique was used in 9.6%, and 100% of hernioplasties used synthetic mesh. The prevalence of postoperative complications was 80.8%, with pain being the most common, both immediately post-operatively and as a late complication, at 44.1% and 8.5% respectively. Other complications included surgical site infection, seroma, wound dehiscence, and urinary retention, which all occurred at a rate of 5.1%. Conclusion: the prevalence of complications after hernioplasty was high overall relative to other studies, but the rates were comparable for some specific complications.