248FOLLOW UP AFTER INGUIAL HERNIOTOMY OR SURGERY FOR HYDROCELE IN BOYSA more selective strategy has replaced the policy of routine follow-up after all surgical operations. Because of potential damage to the vas deferens and arteries, either through hernia incarceration or during dissection, and the consequent possibility of testicular atrophy or malposition, many surgeons continue to follow boys who have undergone inguinal detected herniotomy or ligation of a patent processusvaginalis.The hospital procedure registry was used to identify boys who had an inguinal herniotomy or ligation of a patent processusvaginalis between August 2016 and December 2017. Routine outpatient follow-up visits were not scheduled by one physician.The outcomes of routine follow-up can be audited3, but only 55% of the current patients who attended were checked by the operating surgeon. Just 35% of wound complications after adult elective hernia repair are detected at outpatient follow-up, indicating the need for a comprehensive community-based postoperative surveillance programme to obtain reliable and comparable data for audit. In an information sheet provided to parents and a discharge report submitted to the general practitioner, the potential risks of inguinal surgery should be illustrated. By making available additional outpatient time, an invitation to address or revisit some particular issue will minimise unproductive outpatient visits for most patients while still improving service to others.Dr.M.Nagaraju@gmail.comResearch732017Hernia,Herniotomy,Surgery,VaginalisDr. M.Nagaraju,Dr.Sreedhar VuyyuruAssistant Professor, Department of General Surgery, Sri Lakshminarayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, India,Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery, Sri Lakshminarayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, India