ArticleSurgery today2011
A prospective comparative study of the efficacy of conventional Lichtenstein versus self-adhesive mesh repair for inguinal hernia.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Open Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Network Meta-analysis Comparing Self-Gripping Mesh, Suture Fixation, and Glue Fixation.World journal of surgery · 2019Pooled it
- Uniformity of Chronic Pain Assessment after Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Critical Review of the Literature.European surgical research. Europaische chirurgische Forschung. Recherches chirurgicales europeennes · 2017Pooled it
- Lichtenstein repair of indirect inguinal hernias with acellular tissue matrix grafts in adolescent patients: a prospective, randomized, controlled trial.Surgery today · 2014Trial
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- Comprehensive systematic review on the self-gripping mesh vs sutured mesh in inguinal hernia repair.Surgery open science · 2024Review
- Varying convalescence recommendations after inguinal hernia repair: a systematic scoping review.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2022Article
- Surgical training in robotic surgery: surgical experience of robotic-assisted transabdominal preperitoneal inguinal herniorrhaphy with and without resident participation.Journal of robotic surgery · 2018Article
- Self-Gripping Meshes for Lichtenstein Repair. Do We Need Additional Suture Fixation?World journal of surgery · 2016Article
- Laparoscopic Versus Open Preperitoneal Mesh Repair of Inguinal Hernia: an Integrated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Published Randomized Controlled Trials.The Indian journal of surgery · 2015Article
- Reduction of chronic post-herniotomy pain and recurrence rate. Use of the anatomical self-gripping ProGrip laparoscopic mesh in TAPP hernia repair. Preliminary results of a prospective study.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2015Article
- Inguinal hernia repair with the mesh plug method is safe after radical retropubic prostatectomy.Surgery today · 2014Article
- A new approach for transversalis fascia reinforcement in Lichtenstein's inguinal hernia repair.Surgery today · 2013Article
- Chronic pain after open inguinal hernia surgery: suture fixation versus self-adhesive mesh repair.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2012Article
- A prospective comparative study of the efficacy of conventional Lichtenstein versus self-adhesive mesh repair for inguinal hernia.Surgery today · 2011Article
- A Prospective Comparative Study of 3-Stitch Mesh Hernioplasty with Conventional Lichtenstein Repair.Journal of the West African College of SurgeonsArticle
- Usage of a self-adhesive mesh in TAPP hernia repair: A prospective study based on Herniamed Register.Journal of minimal access surgeryArticle
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Abstract
purposeLichtenstein repair has been the gold standard in inguinal hernia surgery. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of mesh fixation in terms of postsurgical chronic pain and recurrence.
methodsSixty patients with primary inguinal hernias were treated between March 2007 and December 2008. Thirty patients underwent conventional Lichtenstein repair while a self-adhesive mesh was used for the second group. The primary outcome parameters were the rate of recurrence and chronic pain. The operating time, postoperative pain, complications, and time when patients returned to work were recorded.
resultsFifty-one patients completed the survey. Early pain scores were lower in the self-adhesive mesh group. The main advantage of the self-adhesive mesh was the shorter operating time (23.70 ± 5.57 vs 36.90 ± 11.36, P = 0.006). Both techniques were almost identical in terms of long-term chronic pain (P = 0.294), and the rates of recurrence at the end of a median of 31 months' follow-up were identical.
conclusionSelf-adhesive mesh repair of inguinal hernias is superior to the conventional Lichtenstein method in terms of shorter operative time and less pain in the early postoperative period. The rates of chronic pain and recurrence are similar with the suture-fixed repairs.
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