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VALDOVINOS-GONZALEZ, Carlos Alberto; ZALDIVAR-RAMIREZ, Felipe Rafael; DIAZ-CONTRERAS-PIEDRAS, Carlos  e  ATHIE-GUTIERREZ, César. Quality of life in patients subjected to inguinal hernioplasty assessed through the short form 36 (SF-36). Cir. gen [online]. 2012, vol.34, n.3, pp.169-173. ISSN 1405-0099.

Objective: To demonstrate self-perception of patients regarding their quality of life before and after inguinal plasty in a third level health care hospital of the health sector, by means of the SF-36 health questionnaire. Setting: Hospital General de México, Mexico City. Design: Prospective, longitudinal, comparative and observational study. Statistical analysis: Central tendency measures, Wilcoxon ranks tests and general linear model. Patients and methods: We included 67 patients, in whom inguinal plasty was performed with the Lichtenstein technique between March 1^st and May 31^st 2012, applying the SF-36 questionnaire one day before and 3 months after surgery. Results: The group consisted of 64 men and 3 women, average age of 44.73 (SD ± 13.2). Regardless of the type of hernia (Nythus classification), all patients perceived a significant improvement in their quality of life (p <0.05). Patients with less than 1 year with symptoms caused by the inguinal hernia did not perceive an improvement in the quality of life (p >0.05). Those cases with more than 1 year with symptoms perceived a significant improvement in their quality of life (p <0.05). Conclusions: Those patients with more than one year of evolution with the inguinal hernia were the ones to perceive the best improvement in their quality of life (SF-36) after surgery.

Palavras-chave : Inguinal hernia; quality of life; SF-36.