One-stage prostatectomy accompanied by hernioplasty to improve quality-of-life outcomes of patients with combined surgical pathologies

Abstract

To evaluate whether simultaneous inguinal hernioplasty during prostatectomy confers benefits on quality-of-life outcomes. Materials and methods: 152 patients with prostatic adenoma were observed. The general group included 32 (21%) patients with prostatic adenoma and hernia inguinalis, who underwent one-stage prostatectomy accompanied with hernioplasty. 120 (79%) persons of comparison group underwent a prostatectomy only. The average time of retropubic prostatectomy in both groups was the same, and simultaneous hernioplasty took 35.0±17.4 minutes. The frequency of early and late bleeding after prostatectomies in the general group was 6.25% (2 cases) and 7.5% (9 cases) in the comparison group. No deaths were noted in two groups. The quality-of-life outcomes after the one-stage prostatectomy accompanied with hernioplasty in 6 and 12 months were statistically better than before these operations.