ArticleHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery2015
Reoperation for persistent pain after groin hernia surgery: a population-based study.
Article in Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03713047 (A National Center for Persistent Severe Pain After Groin Hernia Repair), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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A National Center for Persistent Severe Pain After Groin Hernia Repair: Five-year Prospective Data
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- International guidelines for groin hernia management.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2018Guideline
- Sustainability of the relationship between preoperative symptoms and postoperative improvement in quality of life after inguinal hernia repair.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2019Trial
- Lichtenstein Repair and Intersurgeon Variations: A Textbook Review and Multicenter Surgeon Survey.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
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- Prophylaxis and treatment of acute and chronic postoperative inguinal pain (CPIP)-association of pain with compression neuropathy.Journal of surgical case reports · 2020Article
- A national center for persistent severe pain after groin hernia repair: Five-year prospective data.Medicine · 2019Article
- The Short-Form Inguinal Pain Questionnaire (sf-IPQ): An Instrument for Rating Groin Pain After Inguinal Hernia Surgery in Daily Clinical Practice.World journal of surgery · 2019Article
- Data and outcome of inguinal hernia repair in hernia registers - a review of the literature.Innovative surgical sciences · 2017Review
- Mesh Removal and Selective Neurectomy for Persistent Groin Pain Following Lichtenstein Repair.World journal of surgery · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of the present study was to assess the outcome results after reoperation for persistent pain after hernia surgery in a population-based setting.
methodsAll patients who had undergone surgery for persistent pain after previous groin hernia surgery 1999-2006 were identified in the Swedish Hernia Register (n = 237). Data on the surgical technique used were abstracted from the medical records. The patients were asked to answer a set of questions including SF-36 to evaluate the prevalence of pain after reoperation.
resultsThe study group consisted of 95 males and 16 females, mean age 53 years. In 27 % of cases an intervention aimed at suspected ilioinguinal neuralgia was performed. The mesh was removed completely in 28% and partially in 13%. A suture at the pubic tubercle was removed in 13% of cases. Decrease in pain after the most recent reoperation was reported by 69 patients (62%), no change in pain by 21 patients (19%) and increase in pain in 21 patients (19%). There was no significant difference in outcome between mesh removal, removal of sutures at the tubercle or interventions aimed at the ilioinguinal nerve. All subscales of SF-36 were significantly reduced when compared to the age- and gender-matched general population (p < 0.05).
conclusionsPatients reoperated for persistent pain after hernia surgery often report a reduction in pain, but the natural course of persistent pain, the relatively low response rate and selection of patients make it difficult to draw definite conclusions.
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