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ArticleSurgery today2018

Decreasing prevalence of chronic pain after laparoscopic groin hernia repair: a nationwide cross-sectional questionnaire study.

Stina Öberg, Kristoffer Andresen, Jacob Rosenberg

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Article in Surgery today, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. No mesh fixation versus mesh fixation in laparoscopic groin hernia repair.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2026
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  15. Management of chronic pain after hernia repair.Journal of pain research · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stina ÖbergCenter for Perioperative Optimization, Department of Surgery, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark. stina.oeberg@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5774-5677
Kristoffer AndresenCenter for Perioperative Optimization, Department of Surgery, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark.
Jacob RosenbergCenter for Perioperative Optimization, Department of Surgery, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark.
University of Copenhagen · DK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeUp to 6-7% of patients who have undergone laparoscopic groin hernia repair suffer from chronic pain, depending on various factors; however, the long-term course is unclear. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of chronic pain 1-5 years after laparoscopic groin hernia repair.

methodsThe subjects of this nationwide cross-sectional questionnaire study were adults who underwent laparoscopic mesh repair of an inguinal or a femoral hernia. The patients were identified from the Danish Hernia Database, which has a follow-up rate of almost 100%. The prevalence of chronic pain was assessed 1-5 years postoperatively by the validated inguinal pain questionnaire (IPQ).

resultsA total of 1383 groins were included in this study, based on a 66% response rate to the questionnaire. The prevalence of pain decreased, especially 3.5 years postoperatively. There were no statistically significant differences when each postoperative year was compared with the second postoperative year. However, the prevalence of chronic pain 3.5-5 years postoperatively was significantly lower (4.4%) than that 1-3.5 years postoperatively (8.1%) (p = 0.014). The prevalence of pain that could not be ignored was still 5-6% in the fifth postoperative year.

conclusionsThe prevalence of chronic pain seems to decline 1-5 years after laparoscopic groin hernia repair, with a distinct decrease 3.5 years postoperatively.

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AgedChronic PainCross-Sectional StudiesDenmarkFemaleGroinHernia, FemoralHernia, InguinalHerniorrhaphyHumansLaparoscopyMaleMiddle AgedPostoperative PainPrevalenceProsthesis ImplantationChronic painGroin herniaInguinal herniaInguinal pain questionnaire (IPQ)Laparoscopy

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