[Pain after inguinal hernia repair: what to do?].
Hernia repair one of the most frequently performed operations in general surgery. With the introduction of tension-free mesh repair, recurrence rates dropped well below 5% for open and laparoscopic procedures. However, chronic postoperative pain remains a widely neglected complication with a high socio-economic impact. It occurs in about 10-20% of patients after hernia repair. We review the different types of post-herniorrhaphy pain with the typical diagnostic features and we conclude with a pragmatic algorithm based on our clinical experience.
Abrazhda
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Service de chirurgie viscérale, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne.
Hübner
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M
Foletti
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A
Demartines
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N
Vuilleumier
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H
D000465:Algorithms; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*