Relationship between preoperative symptoms and improvement of quality of life in patients undergoing elective inguinal herniorrhaphy

Magnusson, Jesper; Videhult, Per; Gustafsson, Ulf; Nygren, Jonas; Thorell, Anders

doi:10.1016/j.surg.2013.06.007

Cited by 16 publications

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“…It has been shown that preoperative pain increases the risk of postoperative pain, and could be a possible unmeasured confounder. However, high preoperative pain scores would not have excluded patients from surgery, as these patients have the most to gain. Other weaknesses are the non‐controlled observational design of the study and the lack of specific details of the surgical techniques used.…”

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confidence: 99%

Patient-reported rates of chronic pain and recurrence after groin hernia repair

Lundström

Holmberg

Montgomery

et al. 2018

Journal of British Surgery

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Background:The effectiveness of different procedures in routine surgical practice for hernia repair with respect to chronic postoperative pain and reoperation rates is not clear. Conclusion:The risk of significant pain 1 year after groin hernia repair in routine surgical practice was 15⋅2 per cent. This figure was lower in patients who had surgery by an endoscopic technique, but at the price of a significantly higher risk of reoperation for recurrence.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Patient-reported rates of chronic pain and recurrence after groin hernia repair

Lundström

Holmberg

Montgomery

et al. 2018

Journal of British Surgery

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“…Inguinal hernia repair is the most common operation in general surgery worldwide. Pain is the second most common presenting symptom in inguinal hernia patients and up to 64% of patients report pain (9). In our study, a total of 53 patients were enrolled and 62.2% of the patients reported pain as one of the presenting symptoms.…”

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confidence: 86%

The long-term changes in pain-related symptomatology of inguinal herniafollowing 2 different herniorrhaphy techniques

Öziş¹,

Çevik²,

Uslu³

et al. 2015

Turk J Med Sci

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Background/aim: To compare the changes in pain-related symptoms of inguinal hernias from initial admission to postoperative month 6 following 2 herniorrhaphy techniques. Materials and methods:Patients with unilateral inguinal hernias were scheduled for either Lichtenstein or self-gripping polypropylene mesh repair. Patients were preoperatively evaluated with a visual analog scale (VAS) and a Turkish version of the Douleur Neuropathique 4 (DN4) questionnaire and the complaints related to pain were noted. After surgery, patients were discharged without early complications. Patients were reassessed at postoperative month 6. The late-term complaints of pain as well as neurological findings were evaluated using the VAS and the Turkish version of the DN4 questionnaire. Quality of life was also assessed with the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP).Results: Thirty-four patients underwent conventional Lichtenstein repair and 19 patients underwent self-gripping polypropylene mesh repair. Even though decreases in VAS intensity scores for both hernia repair techniques were noted at postoperative month 6 when compared to the preoperative period, no significant changes were found in pain, VAS, total DN4, or NHP scores between groups. Conclusion:Despite its ease of application and short time duration, self-gripping polypropylene mesh repair was not found to be superior to conventional Lichtenstein hernia repair in terms of reducing pain related to inguinal hernia.

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“…The most common symptom is various degree of pain [15][16][17][18], even though the pain often is mild.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Such symptoms are often modest and can be described as for example heaviness, tingling, attractions, etc. A large proportion of patients undergoing IHR don't have any symptoms at all [15,18].…”

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confidence: 99%