Magnetic resonance visualization of iron-loaded meshes in patients with pain after inguinal hernia repair.
Emel ÖzveriDeniz Esin Tekcan SanliDuzgun YildirimHakan GökM ErtemPublished in: Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery (2020)
Mesh position and deformation as shrinkage can be the mesh-related cause of pain. The incidence of CPIP in our patients is less than 2%. 3D-iron loaded meshes were monitored with MRI in CPIP patients and there was no mesh-related changes found in our study. The use of MRI-visible meshes will most likely help us to monitor mesh preparations and show potential time-dependent changes in mesh characteristics and consequent complications. In case of doubtful clinical postoperative hernia recurrence or chronic groin pain, mesh position can be identified by MRI and unnecessary surgical intervention can be avoided.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- magnetic resonance
- chronic pain
- contrast enhanced
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- pain management
- neuropathic pain
- randomized controlled trial
- drug delivery
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- computed tomography
- patient reported outcomes
- spinal cord injury
- diffusion weighted imaging
- spinal cord
- patient reported
- cancer therapy