Management of infection and chronic pain post inguinal hernioplasty
CHEN Si-meng
LIU Li-jia
Abstract：Surgical site infection and incision pain are constant subjects in field of surgery. Once the infection involves the implanted prosthesis,the standard surgical practice is removal of the infected prosthesis. Mesh infection rate after tension-free hernia repair remains low,which still causes uncertainty about the removal of the infected mesh among surgeons. There is evidence to support that prognosis of infection is related to time and mesh. Therefore,relevant treatment standard has been established to shorten the healing process of infected incision. Due to higher incidence rate, difficulty in management as well as unpredictable prognosis, chronic pain has been the complication of the utmost importance after tension-free hernia repair,which remains highly controversial in term of management.“Prevention is better than treatment”reflects the dilemma that hernia surgeons have to face chronic pain.
Keywords：tension-free hernia repaircomplicationmesh infectionchronic pain
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 398-400 )