Relationship between platelet distribution width and hospital stay in incarcerated inguinal hernia treated by open surgery

Purpose: The study aimed to investigate the value of platelet distribution width (PDW) in incarcerated inguinal hernia which was treated with graft to illuminate its inflammatory role in surgery-related disorders. Materials and Methods: We perormed a case-control study by retrospective screening data of the 88 patients with inguinal hernia and 75 healthy. Patients data included demographics, hernia location, hospital stay, and hemogram parameters. Platelet-related parameters were anayzled with automated devices from EDTA samples. Results: The mean defect size was 25.3 +/- 17 mm for inguinal hernia, which ranged 6 to 75 mm. The PDW value was higher in group A as compared with that of group B. Also, the platelets were statistically higher in group A than group B. In the Pearson correlation analysis, PDW showed a strong and positive relationship with a hospital stay. Conclusion: We suggest that a strong positive correlation of platelet distribution width with hospital stay can be useful in incarcerated inguinal hernia which we treated with grafted by open surgery.