ArticleHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery2018
Factors influencing inguinal hernia symptoms and preoperative evaluation of symptoms by patients: results of a prospective study including 1647 patients.
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- Risk factors predicting acute postoperative pain immediately after minimally invasive inguinal hernia repair.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2023Article
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- Pre-operative factors associated with short- and long-term outcomes in the patient with inguinal hernia: What does the current evidence say?Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Review
- Single-site laparoscopic high ligation of the extraperitoneal hernia sac with an epidural needle for incarcerated ovarian hernia in infants.BMC surgery · 2022Article
- Totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair in patients with hemophilia and von Willebrand disease. Prospective controlled study.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2021Article
- Outcomes of 207 totally extraperitoneal hernia repairs using self-fixation mesh.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Effects of different anesthetic methods on immune function and oxidative stress in patients undergoing laparoscopic herniorrhaphy.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2021Article
- Repair of a Giant Inguinal Hernia.Cureus · 2020Article
- Comment to: The transversus abdominis plane block reduces the cumulative need of analgesic medication following inguinal hernia repair in TAPP technique: a retrospective single center analysis among 838 patients.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2020Article
- A comparison of the oxidative stress response in single-incision laparoscopic versus multi-trocar laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2020Article
- Treating incarcerated inguinal hernias with TEP is a viable option for experienced surgeons.Scientific reports · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundCurrent recommendations for hernia treatment suggest applying techniques aimed at reducing postoperative pain in patients experiencing intense preoperative pain. However, there is still no reliable stratification method of preoperative pain, its circumstances, intensity and frequency, and the current assessments of hernia symptoms are performed by means of a subjective evaluation. The aim of this work is to discuss preoperative pain before hernia repair and determine its nature depending on the type and length of hernia persistence and the patient's age. MATERIALS AND
methodsThe data from 1647 patients before inguinal hernia repairs (2010-2017) were registered prospectively in the National Hernia Repair Register (demographic data, pain score and influence on everyday activities).
resultsThe most common symptom upon admission was pain (949 patients at rest; 57.6% and 1561 at physical activity; 94.8%). A significant influence of hernia persistence on the pain occurrence and intensity was not observed between patients with hernia < 12-months (60.8%;VAS5.0) and > 5-years (58.3%;VAS5.4) (p = 0.068). The occurrence and intensity of pain was significantly higher patients < 40-years (63.7%;VAS5.4) than patients > 60-years (54.3%;VAS4.8) (p = 0.008).
conclusionsWhile pain at rest is not a significant problem, undertaking physical activities may intensify pain and increase the number of patients suffering from it. Preoperative assessment of pain may help determine the group of younger patients who could benefit the most from inguinal hernia repair. New indications for prompter admission for treatment should be planned in future studies of patients showing pain at rest for possible prevention of postoperative neuropathy.
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