Table 1.

Details of age group, types of hernia, sac contents, surgical procedures, and postoperative complications

Total patients	330
Age group	8 months to 70 years
Males	228
Females	2
No. of indirect inguinal hernia	235
No. of direct inguinal hernia	95
Nonobstructed	225
Obstructed	105
Strangulation	Nil
Surgical	Procedure hernioplasty/herniorrhaphy/hernioplasty
Intraoperative findings	Only five hernial sacs were with unusual contents (1.5 %)
Contents in sac
Bowel loops	270
Omentum	55
Appendix	2
Ovary and fallopian tubes	2
Urinary bladder	1
Postoperative complications
Wound infection (superficial)	6 cases (2 %)
Recurrence of hernia	6 cases (2 %)
Follow-up period	3 years to 4 months