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ArticleHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery2023

Quality of life assessment of patients after removal of late-onset infected mesh following open tension-free inguinal hernioplasty: 3-year follow-up.

Z Zhi, R Liu, W Han, H Cui, X Li

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Article in Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Z ZhiYan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9904-8615
R LiuDepartment of General Surgery, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, China.
W HanDepartment of General Surgery, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1199-3429
H CuiDepartment of General Surgery, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8230-3966
X LiDepartment of General Surgery, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, China. Lixiaojun20040912@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3355-6529
Shanxi Medical University · CN

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purposeOpen tension-free inguinal hernioplasty is one of the common surgical methods used today to treat inguinal hernias due to its simplicity and low recurrence rate. With the widespread use of tension-free inguinal hernia repair, the number of patients with mesh infections is gradually increasing. However, there is a lack of studies assessing the quality of life of patients after the removal of late-onset infected meshes in open inguinal hernias. The aim of this study was to analyse and assess the quality of life, pain severity and anxiety of patients after late-onset infection mesh removal following open inguinal hernioplasty.

methodsData from 105 patients admitted to our hospital from January 2014 to January 2019 who developed delayed mesh infection after open tension-free inguinal hernia repair were retrospectively analysed. 507 patients without mesh infection after open inguinal hernioplasty were included as cross-sectional controls. The baseline data of the two groups were matched for propensity score matching (PSM) with a caliper value of 0.05 and a matching ratio of 1:1. Patients are followed up by telephone or outpatient consultations for 3 years to assess quality of life, pain and anxiety after removal of the infected mesh.

resultsThe 105 patients who developed late-onset mesh infection after inguinal hernia repair had a mean age of 64.07 ± 12.90 years and a mean body mass index (BMI) of 24.64 ± 2.67 (kg/m

conclusionPatients with late-onset mesh infection after inguinal hernioplasty showed an improvement in quality of life, pain and anxiety compared to preoperative after removal of the infected mesh. Mesh-plug have a higher risk of mesh infection due to their poor histocompatibility and tendency to crumple and shift.

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Hernia, InguinalAgedCross-Sectional StudiesFollow-Up StudiesHerniorrhaphyHumansMiddle AgedPainPostoperative PainQuality of LifeRecurrenceRetrospective StudiesSurgical MeshInfectionInguinal herniaLate-onsetMeshQuality of life

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