Table 1 Incidence of groin pain after inguinal hernioplasty reported in the literature
Author | Year | Journal | N° cases | Followed up | Chronic Pain (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amid PK | 1996 | Eur J Surg | 4000 | 3480 | 0.03 % |
Negro P | 2000 | Chir Ital | 839 | 764 | 0.9 % |
Courtney CA | 2002 | Br J Surg | 5506 | 4062 | 3 % |
Heikkinen T | 2004 | Surg Endosc | 61 | 59 | 7% |
Benedetti M | 2005 | Hernia | 685 | ? | 11.9% |
Haapaniemi S | 2002 | Eur J Surg | 272 | 223 | 15 % |
Leardi S | 2003 | Chir Ital | 100 | 60 | 25% |
Callesen T | 1999 | Br J Surg | 466 | 419 | 25 % |
Kumar S | 2002 | Br J Surg | 560 | 454 | 30 % |
Koninger J | 2004 | Langenbecks Arch Surg | 93 | 76 | 31% |
Inaba T | 2012 | Surg Today | 219 | 191 | 14.7% |
Birk D | 2013 | Hernia | 220 | 220 | 1.2% |
Bittner R | 2011 | World J Surg | 300 | 300 | 3% |
Bright E | 2010 | World J Surg | 9607 | ? | 4.9% |