Expediency of the compressive hosiery application as a preventive method for the ventral hernias occurrence in patients after laparotomy

Abstract

Objective. To study meticulously the scientific substantiation of the postoperative bandaging practice, to gather necessary information, concerning this practical procedure application, with estimation of its advantages. Materials and methods. The investigation, concerning the impact of compression hosiery in patients after laparotomy as a preventive method for the abdominal hernias occurrence was conducted in period from Sep. 2021 yr to Dec. 2022 yr on the base of Odessa Regional Clinical Hospital. Into the investigation 35 patients, ageing from 18 to 65 yrs old, were included, in whom a total median laparotomy was performed for surgical diseases. The patients were distributed into two Groups: the main (18 patients, in whom bandaging was applied) and a control one (17 patients without bandaging). The frequency of postoperative abdominal hernias occurrence and intensity of postoperative pain were estimated in the groups. Results. The data obtained have shown, that the groups investigated did not essentially differ in accordance to the abdominal hernias occurrence frequency and intensity of postoperative pain. Conclusion. The data obtained witness that bandaging do not influence the hernias occurrence significantly and do not impact postoperative pain unpredictably.