Research on the treatment of chronic pain after tension-free repair of inguinal hernia
MENG Ling-qin
YANG Fu-quan
Abstract：Objective To explore the prevention and treatment of chronic pain after tension-free repair of inguinal hernia. Methods The clinical data of 802 patients with inguinal hernia underwent the tension-free hernioplasty from October 2010 to October 2013 in Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University were analyzed retrospectively. Results Twenty-one patients had chronic pain after operation including 20 patients in open operation and 1 patient in laparoscopic operation. Incidence rate of chronic pain after laparoscopic operation is lower than open operation (P<0.05). Mild, moderate and severe pain occurred in 12, 8 and 1 patient respectively. The patient who had severe pain was relieved after reoperation and others who had mild or moderate pain were improved or recovered by medical treatment. Conclusion Careful and proper operation by special doctor of hernia surgery can reduce the incidence rate of chronic pain,and operation is the last method for the patients who have intractable pain.
Keywords：inguinal herniatension-free hernia repairchronic 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( 419-421 )