Title

Comparative analysis of electrocautery and scalpel incisions in inguinal hernia repair

Authors

Lav Gupta¹, Akhilesh Ratnakar², Pushpendra Kumar Patel^3,*, Talha Saad⁴, Ajit Singh Morey¹, Satyendra Mishra⁴ & Ravikant Arjariya⁵

Affiliation

¹Department of Surgery, Bundelkhand Medical College Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India; ²Department of General Surgery, Bundelkhand Government Medical College, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India; ³Department of ENT, Bundelkhand Medical College Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India; ⁴Department of Respiratory Medicine, Bundelkhand Medical College Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India; ⁵Department of Physiology, Bundelkhand Government Medical College, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Lav Gupta - E-mail: drlavgupta@gmail.com
Akhilesh Ratnakar - E-mail: dr.akhilesh777@gmail.com
Pushpendra Kumar Patel - E-mail: pushpendrapatel484@gmail.com
Talha Saad - E-mail: dr.talhasaad@gmail.com
Ajit Singh Morey - E-mail: ajitsinghmore@gmail.com
Satyendra Mishra - E-mail: satyendrasgo@gmail.com
Ravikant Arjariya - E-mail: arjariyaravikant@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received March 1, 2026; Revised March 31, 2026; Accepted March 31, 2026, Published March 31, 2026

Abstract

There is uncertainty about which incision technique-electrocautery or scalpel-offers safer and more effective outcomes in inguinal hernia repair, particularly with respect to operative duration, bleeding, postoperative discomfort, and wound-related complications. Therefore, it is of interest to compare the individuals having inguinal hernia repair utilizing blade and electrocautery incisions. Two groups were formed with 64 individuals in each group; group I (allocated to the patients who underwent surgical blade incision) and group II (allocated to the patients who underwent electrocautery incision). Statistically significant disparity was found among both the groups in regard to the incision time and intra-operative blood loss with a P value of less than 0.0001. We did not find statistically noteworthy disparity among the groups in regard to the inpatient stay duration, pain after surgery, painkillers necessity and post-procedural complications with a P value of 0.06, 0.53, 0.33 and 0.45 respectively. Skin incision with electrocautery is a swift procedure with the least complications post-procedural juxtaposed to the incision with a scalpel blade. So, utilizing the electrocautery for creating skin incision is as safe as the utilization of scalpel blade in patients undergoing treatment of inguinal hernia.

Keywords

Inguinal hernia repair, scalpel incision, electrocautery incision

Citation

Gupta et al. Bioinformation 22(3): 1536-1539 (2026)

Edited by

Rashmi Laddha

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.