Chronic pain following inguinal hernia repair is a common problem and feared complication.
Up to 16% of people experience chronic pain following the repair of a groin hernia. The aim …

Although certain risk factors can identify individuals who are most likely to develop chronic
pain, few interventions to prevent chronic pain have been identified. To facilitate the …

Purpose To provide uniform terminology and definition of post-herniorrhaphy groin chronic
pain. To give guidelines to the scientific community concerning the prevention and the …

Methods The coordinator of the consensus development conference (HJB) and two
members of the consensus panel (BvdH and MMP) selected a group of 14 surgeons …

Background: Chronic postoperative pain is a major drawback of inguinal hernia repair. This
study compared the frequency of chronic pain after laparoscopic (totally extraperitoneal …

Background Novel treatment interventions are advancing rapidly in the management of hip
and groin disability in the physically active young to middle-aged population. Objective To …

Background The objective of this study was systematically to analyse published randomized
trials comparing lightweight mesh (LWM) with heavyweight mesh (HWM) in open inguinal …

Background There is an increasing interest in patient-reported outcome measurement to
evaluate hernia operations. Several hernia-specific quality of life (QoL) scales have been …

Objective: Test the hypothesis that fibrin sealant mesh fixation can reduce the incidence of
postoperative pain/numbness/groin discomfort by up to 50% compared with sutures for …

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. Methods …