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Inguinal Hernia and Colorectal Carcinoma
George L. Juler, MD;
Edward A. Stemmer, MD;
Robert W. Fullerman, MD
AMA Arch Surg. 1972;104(6):778-780.
Abstract
There were 969 cases of inguinal hernia repairs and 210 of colorectal carcinoma resection, treated at the Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital between 1965 and 1970, reviewed. Two hundred one barium studies were performed, 65% of which were on patients over 50 years of age. Three polyps were found above the 25-cm level, one of which required operation. No case of colon carcinoma was detected. When clinical indications were present, the diagnostic yield from barium enema was twice that of when "routine" surveys were done. In the six cases of colon cancer (among the 210 studied), where a recent inguinal hernia coexisted, the symptoms were due to the cancer rather than to the hernia. The study does not support the use of routine barium enemas for the detection of occult colon carcinoma in patients with asymptomatic inguinal hernias.
Author Affiliations
Irvine, Calif
From the Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, and the Long Beach Veterans Hospital, Long Beach, Calif.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Feb 18, 1972.
Read before the annual meeting of the Southern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Santa Barbara, Calif, Jan 15,1972.
Reprint requests to Department of Surgery, Long Beach Veterans Hospital, Long Beach, Calif (Dr. Stemmer).
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