<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1405-0099</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cirujano general]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cir. gen]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1405-0099</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Mexicana de Cirugía General A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1405-00992018000400255</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Descripción clínico-epidemiológica de los pacientes mayores de 60 años operados de hernia inguinal]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Clinical-epidemiological description of the patients older than 60 years operated on inguinal hernia]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Alonso Gamboa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Tatiana]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Nacional de Geriatría y Gerontología  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>40</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>255</fpage>
<lpage>261</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1405-00992018000400255&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1405-00992018000400255&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1405-00992018000400255&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen:  Introducción:  La cirugía de hernia inguinal en adultos mayores es una de las patologías quirúrgicas más frecuentes, ha demostrado ser una cirugía segura, con baja tasa de complicaciones cuando se realiza en forma electiva. El objetivo de este trabajo es llevar a cabo una descripción clínico-epidemiológica de los pacientes operados de hernia inguinal y determinar cuáles pacientes son más vulnerables a complicaciones.  Material y métodos:  Estudio retrospectivo. Se analizaron las hernioplastías inguinales en pacientes mayores de 60 años en un periodo de un año, tomando como variables edad, género, tabaquismo, enfermedades coexistentes, evaluación geriátrica y la clasificación de la Sociedad Americana de Anestesiología, fecha de la intervención, tipo de ingreso, de cirugía y de anestesia, clasificación de la hernia, técnica quirúrgica empleada, colocación de material protésico y complicaciones.  Resultados:  Se analizaron 62 hernioplastías inguinales. De éstas, 92% (57) presentaba al menos dos comorbilidades, las principales: hipertensión arterial (74.19%), diabetes mellitus (22.58%), enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica (16.12%), cardiopatías hipertensivas, isquémicas, bloqueos auriculoventriculares y fibrilaciones ventriculares (17.74%), hipotiroidismo (14.51%), 8% (cinco casos) no se asoció a enfermedades. Complicaciones de 9.68%, una arritmia intraoperatoria, una descompensación diabética simple intraoperatoria y un síndrome coronario agudo, un hematoma escrotal y dos inguinodinias.  Conclusiones:  La edad no debe ser una contraindicación para realizar una hernioplastía inguinal. El uso de técnicas abiertas y libres de tensión en los adultos mayores son procedimientos seguros, con bajo porcentaje de complicaciones y recidivas.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract:  Introduction: Inguinal hernia surgery in eldelry is one of the most common surgical pathologies, it has proven to be a safe surgery with low complication rate when performed electively. The objective of this work is to make a clinical-epidemiological description of patients operated on inguinal hernia and to determine which patients are most vulnerable to complications.  Material and methods:  Retrospective study. inguinal hernioplasty are analyzed over a one-year period of patients older than 60 years, taking as variables; age, sex, smoking, coexisting diseases, geriatric and American Society of Anesthesiologists evaluation, date of intervention, type of admission, surgery and anesthesia, classification of the hernia, surgical technique employed, placement of prosthetic material and complications.  Results:  Were analyzed 62 inguinal hernioplasty. 92% (57) presented at least two major comorbidities; hypertension (74.19%), diabetes mellitus (22.58%), chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (16.12%), hypertensive, ischemic heart disease, auriculoventricuales blockades and ventricular fibrillations (17.74%), hypothyroidism (14.51%), 8% (5 cases) no diseases were associated. Complications of 9.68%: intraoperative arrhythmia, intraoperative simple diabetic decompensation and acute coronary syndrome, a scrotal hematoma and two inguinodinias.  Conclusions:  Age should not be a contraindication to performing an inguinal hernioplasty. The use of open and tension-free techniques in elderly are safe procedures, with a low percentage of complications and recurrences.]]></p></abstract>
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