Surgical management of postoperative chronic inguinodynia by laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal approach

• Published in: Surgical endoscopy Vol. 30; no. 12; pp. 5222 - 5227
• Main Author: Moreno-Egea, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.12.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abdomen; Abdominal Surgery; Adult; Chronic pain; Comorbidity; Female; Gastroenterology; Gynecology; Hepatology; Hernia, Inguinal - surgery; Hernias; Herniorrhaphy - adverse effects; Humans; Inguinal Canal - innervation; Laparoscopy; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Nerve Block; Neuralgia - surgery; Pain, Postoperative - surgery; Patient Satisfaction; Pelvic Pain - surgery; Proctology; Prospective Studies; Questionnaires; Surgery; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tomography; Treatment Outcome; Spain; Hernioplasty; Neurectomy; Laparoscopy; Inguinal pain

Background The avoidance of postoperative chronic pain is of the foremost importance and has a deep impact on patient satisfaction. The objective of this study is to evaluate the selective transabdominal preperitoneal laparoscopic neurectomy for treatment of refractory inguinodynia. Methods Prospect...