This is a prospective non-comparative observational study of cohorts. Consists on offering surveys to every patient undergoing groin hernia surgery in our Abdominal Wall Surgery Unit, in Hospital of Navarra.
HYPOTHESIS: The objective and perceived quality data of the patients under study (adult patients undergoing scheduled inguinal hernia without complications) in Pamplona are within the international quality standards. OBJECTIVES Primary objective: -Obtaining data of objective and perceived quality of patients undergoing elective groin hernia surgery in Pamplona durinag a year to compare them with international quality standards. Secondary objectives: * Obtaining data on duration of sick leave (temporary disability due to common contingency) associated with the referred procedures, as well as their possible complications. * Assess the costs associated with the intervention and its possible complications. * Raise options (if necessary and feasible) to improve the results exposed obtained by our service.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
850
Prospective non-comparative observational study of cohorts
Hospital de navarra
Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
Obtaining objective and perceived quality of life
Obtaining data about objective and perceived quality of life of patients undergoing elective inguinal hernia surgery in Pamplona during a year to compare them with international quality standards
Time frame: 4 years
Knowing patients' pain
Level of pain, before and after surgery
Time frame: 4 years
Registering hernia recurrence
Percentage of patients with hernia recurrence during study surveillance
Time frame: 4 years
Controlling presence or not of complications
Presence or not of postop complicationes
Time frame: 4 years
Knowing patient satisfaction
Grade of patient satisfaction with surgery result
Time frame: 4 years
Knowing duration of sick leave
How long is sick leave
Time frame: 4 years
Knowing waiting time for surgery
Patient waiting time until surgery date
Time frame: 4 years
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