Outcomes of surgery on patients with a clinically inapparent inguinal hernia as diagnosed by ultrasonography.
L van HoutW J V BökkerinkM S IbelingsJ HeisterkampP W H E VriensPublished in: Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery (2018)
Patients with a clinically inapparent inguinal hernia as diagnosed using ultrasonography report a high incidence of CPIP after elective hernia repair. Patients with atypical groin pain prior to surgery are especially prone to CPIP. It is questionable whether these hernias should be classified and treated as symptomatic inguinal hernias. The results advocate taking other causes of groin pain into consideration before choosing surgical treatment.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- chronic pain
- coronary artery bypass
- magnetic resonance imaging
- pain management
- contrast enhanced
- neuropathic pain
- surgical site infection
- risk factors
- prostate cancer
- computed tomography
- postoperative pain
- magnetic resonance
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- skeletal muscle
- spinal cord
- acute coronary syndrome
- insulin resistance