ArticleSurgical endoscopy2018
What are the influencing factors for chronic pain following TAPP inguinal hernia repair: an analysis of 20,004 patients from the Herniamed Registry.
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- Incidence and predictors of chronic pain after inguinal hernia surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2024Pooled it
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- Feasibility of automated registration of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) for inguinal hernia surgery : a single-centre pilot study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
- Preliminary results of surgical intervention for patients with chronic postoperative inguinal pain.Surgery today · 2026Article
- Short-term clinical outcomes of laparoscopic trans-abdominal pre-peritoneal repair using Parietex™ Lap.ProGrip™: a 10-year retrospective study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
- Ambulatory bilateral groin hernia repair: open preperitoneal versus laparoscopic outcomes.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Article
- Preoperative predictors of chronic pain after laparoendoscopic groin hernia repair: A Swedish Hernia Registry study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Article
- Chronic Groin Pain After Hernia Surgery: What Are We Missing?Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Landmark display system for laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair using artificial intelligence.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Comment on: Is the self-adhesive mesh a solution for chronic postoperative inguinal pain after TAPP: A single centre preliminary experience?Journal of minimal access surgery · 2025Article
- Impact of surgical approach on complications by sex following ventral and incisional hernia repair.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Article
- Comparison between sutures, cyanoacrylate and self-gripping mesh in Lichtenstein hernia repair: a multi arm randomized control trial.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Article
- Recurrence and complications after laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair using a self-adherent mesh: a patient-reported follow-up study.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Chronic postoperative inguinal pain: prevention is better than 'cure'.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- Polypropylene vs. stainless-steel wire suture: short-term recurrence rate after shouldice primary inguinal hernia repair, a non-inferior analysis among 1120 patients. A case-control study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2024Article
- Sutureless Repair for Open Treatment of Inguinal Hernia: Three Techniques in Comparison.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Intraneural fibrosis within ilioinguinal nerve in inguinal hernia patients with preoperative pain: it's the sign of irreversible nerve injury, isn't it?Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2023Article
- Postoperative Analgesics Score as a Predictor of Chronic Postoperative Inguinal Pain After Inguinal Hernia Repair: Lessons Learned From a Retrospective Analysis.World journal of surgery · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn inguinal hernia repair, chronic pain must be expected in 10-12% of cases. Around one-quarter of patients (2-4%) experience severe pain requiring treatment. The risk factors for chronic pain reported in the literature include young age, female gender, perioperative pain, postoperative pain, recurrent hernia, open hernia repair, perioperative complications, and penetrating mesh fixation. This present analysis of data from the Herniamed Hernia Registry now investigates the influencing factors for chronic pain in male patients after primary, unilateral inguinal hernia repair in TAPP technique.
methodsIn total, 20,004 patients from the Herniamed Hernia Registry were included in uni- and multivariable analyses. For all patients, 1-year follow-up data were available.
resultsMultivariable analysis revealed that onset of pain at rest, on exertion, and requiring treatment was highly significantly influenced, in each case, by younger age (p < 0.001), preoperative pain (p < 0.001), smaller hernia defect (p < 0.001), and higher BMI (p < 0.001). Other influencing factors were postoperative complications (pain at rest p = 0.004 and pain on exertion p = 0.023) and penetrating compared with glue mesh fixation techniques (pain on exertion p = 0.037).
conclusionsThe indication for inguinal hernia surgery should be very carefully considered in a young patient with a small hernia and preoperative pain.
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