Trial reportHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery2012
Five-year results of a randomized clinical trial comparing a polypropylene mesh with a poliglecaprone and polypropylene composite mesh for inguinal hernioplasty.
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- International guidelines for groin hernia management.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2018Guideline
- 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
- Update with level 1 studies of the European Hernia Society guidelines on the treatment of inguinal hernia in adult patients.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2014Guideline
- Long term inguinal pain comparing TEP to Lichtenstein repair: the TEPLICH RCT 8 years follow-up.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2024Trial
- Chronic pain after open inguinal hernia repair: expertise-based randomized clinical trial of heavyweight or lightweight mesh.The British journal of surgery · 2021Trial
- Less pain and foreign body sensation after incisional hernia repair with partially absorbable mesh than with non-absorbable mesh: a retrospective sequential cohort study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
- Inguinal Hernia Repair Using Absorbable Biosynthetic Mesh Versus Permanent Polypropylene Mesh: A Preliminary Comparative Study of 1-Year Outcomes.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2025Article
- Is mesh pore size in polypropylene meshes associated with the outcome in Lichtenstein inguinal hernia repair: a registry-based analysis of 22,141 patients.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2024Article
- Definition of Mesh Weight and Pore Size in Groin Hernia Repair: A Systematic Scoping Review of Randomised Controlled Trials.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2023Article
- Critical evaluation of an innovative mesh for bilateral transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) repair of inguinal hernias.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2018Article
- Risk factors of chronic pain after inguinal hernia repair: a systematic review.Innovative surgical sciences · 2017Review
- Is chronic post-herniorrhaphy pain always chronic? A literature review.Journal of pain research · 2015Review
- Effect of mesh type, surgeon and selected patients' characteristics on the treatment of inguinal hernia with the Lichtenstein technique. Randomized trial.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this study was to assess whether partially absorbable monofilament mesh could influence postoperative pain and recurrence after Lichtenstein hernioplasty over the long term.
methodsPatients were randomized into two groups that were treated with lightweight (LW) or heavyweight (HW) mesh in 15 centers in Poland. A modified suture technique was used in the lightweight mesh group. Clinical examination was performed. A pain questionnaire was completed five years after the surgery.
resultsOf the 392 patients who underwent surgery, 161 (90.81 %) of 177 in the HW group and 195 (90.69 %) of 215 in the LW group were examined according to protocol, a median of 62 (range 57-66) months after hernia repair. There was no difference in the recurrence rate (1.9 % LW vs. 0.6 % HW; P = 0.493). There were 24 deaths in the follow-up period, but these had no connection to the surgery. The patients treated with LW mesh reported less pain in the early postoperative period. After five years of follow-up, the intensity and the presence of pain did not differ between groups (5 patients in the LW and 4 patients in the HW group). Average pain, (VAS score), was also similar in the LW and HW group (2.25 vs. 2.4) at the fifth year postoperatively.
conclusionThe use of partially absorbable mesh reduced postoperative pain during the short-term postoperative period. No difference in pain or recurrence rate was observed at 60 months.
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