Introduction:

Hernia pathology is a focus of attention due to its impact on frequency and complications related to it, affecting 10% - 15% of the general population, up to 25% of the economically active population.

Objectives:

To describe the prevalence of local complications at the surgical site in patients diagnosed and post-operated with uncomplicated inguinal hernia.

Methodology:

descriptive, non-interventional cross-sectional study in the General Surgery Rooms of the San Felipe Specialties Hospital from September 2018 to February 2019. The data were obtained from the review of the clinical history and interview with each patient.

Results:

This pathology is found more in men than women, the most frequent complication was seroma followed by infections; In these patients, the Body Mass Index was mostly in a normal range, they did not present any comorbidity or toxic habit at the time of the study, and they were not related to pre-existing pathologies.

Conclusions:

Of the 108 patients studied, 75 of them did not present any type of early complication at the surgical site; those that occurred were seroma in 15 patients (CI 7.99% - 21.87%) and surgical wound infection in 8 patients (CI 2.65% - 19.43%). Of the profession or trade that was related was agriculture.