• Department of General Surgery, Renji Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201112, China;
SHENZhi-yong, Email: doctorszy1970@163.com
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Objective To evaluate the safety and efficiency of perioperative low molecular heparin (LMH) as the replacement of anticoagulant for patients with inguinal hernia. Methods Sixty-three patients with oblique inguinal hernia from April 2009 to April 2012 in this hospital were analyzed retrospectively.Seventeen cases because of other diseases were long-term oral aspirin anticoagulant therapy (aspirin group), 11 cases because of other diseases were long-term oral warfarin anticoagulant therapy (warfarin group), anticoagulant therapy was replaced by continuing LMH 7 d before operation in the aspirin group and the warfarin group.The other 35 cases did not take any anticoagulant therapy (control group). Results ①The demography and preoperative international normalized ratio were similar among three groups (P > 0.05).②All the patients were followed-up.The duration of follow-up ranged from 12 months to 18 months.There were no statistical differences of the scrotal hematoma or subcutaneous hematoma, operation time, postoperative hospital stay, and VAS scoring among these three groups (P > 0.05).There was no recurrence in all the patients. Conclusion For a long term application of anticoagulant in patients with oblique inguinal hernia, perioperative application of LMH instead of anticoagulant does not increase the risk of bleeding, and could prevent thrombosis.

Citation: ZHANGJie, LIUHua, SHENZhi-yong, JIFu. Safety Assessment of Low Molecular Heparin Instead of Anticoagulant in Patients with Inguinal Hernia during Perioperative Period. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2014, 21(11): 1417-1420. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.20140337 Copy