ArticleHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery2018
Chronic pain, discomfort, quality of life and impact on sex life after open inguinal hernia mesh repair: an expertise-based randomized clinical trial comparing lightweight and heavyweight mesh.
Article in Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00451893 (An Expertise-based Multicentre Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing a Heavy-weight and a Light-weight Mesh in the Operation of Inguinal Hernia), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers.
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An Expertise-based Multicentre Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing a Heavy-weight and a Light-weight Mesh in the Operation of Inguinal Hernia
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Quality of life after laparoscopic trans-abdominal pre-peritoneal inguinal hernia repair: spinal vs general anesthesia.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2021Trial
- Chronic pain after open inguinal hernia repair: expertise-based randomized clinical trial of heavyweight or lightweight mesh.The British journal of surgery · 2021Trial
- Inguinal hernia repair with the trabucco technique: A multicenter analysis with 5-year follow-up.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
- Quality of life assessment of patients after removal of late-onset infected mesh following open tension-free inguinal hernioplasty: 3-year follow-up.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2023Article
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- 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
- Preventing Biofilm Formation and Development on Ear, Nose and Throat Medical Devices.Biomedicines · 2021Review
- The Role of Mesh Implants in Surgical Treatment of Parastomal Hernia.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Polypropylene mesh and systemic side effects in inguinal hernia repair: current evidence.Irish journal of medical science · 2019Review
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Abstract
purposeThere is a paucity of high-quality evidence concerning mesh choice in open inguinal hernia repair. Using an expertise-based randomized clinical trial design, we aimed to evaluate the postoperative impact of two different mesh types on pain and discomfort, quality of life and sex life.
methodsIn two regional hospitals, male patients with primary inguinal hernia were randomized to one of two groups of surgeons that performed the Lichtenstein operation. One group of surgeons used a heavyweight polypropylene mesh (90 g/m
resultsSome 412 patients were randomized and 363 patients were analysed. There was no difference in pain between groups after surgery but a statistically significant difference concerning awareness of a groin lump and groin discomfort, favouring the lightweight group 1 year after surgery. No differences in quality of life between groups could be detected but both groups had a substantially better quality of life postoperatively, as compared to before surgery. In the analysis of impact on sex life, no differences between mesh groups were found.
conclusionThe Lichtenstein operation performed for primary inguinal hernia improves quality of life for most of the male patients, independently of the type of mesh used. The lightweight mesh group experienced less awareness of a groin lump and groin discomfort 1 year postoperatively. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00451893.
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