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Table 4 Distribution of symptoms in both groups after 1 year

From: Incidence of pain after inguinal hernia repair in the elderly. A retrospective historical cohort evaluation of 18-years’ experience with a mesh & plug inguinal hernia repair method on about 3000 patients

 

Group A <65 yrs.

(1795 pts.)

Group B >65 yrs.

(1107 pts.)

p

Discomfort

308 (17.1%)

156 (14.1%)

0.0286

Foreign Body Sensation

215 (11.9%)

132 (12%)

0.965

Numbness

157 (8.7%)

68 (6.1%)

0.01

Hyperesthesia

130 (7.2%)

70 (6.3%)

0.34

Burns

0

0

-

Light pain*

0

0

-

Mild Pain**

5 (0.28%)

2 (0.18%)

0.6

Strong Pain***

2(0.12%)

1(0.09%)

0.8

  1. VAS=Visual Analogic Scale. Pain is here intended to be continous.
  2. * 0-3 in VAS
  3. ** 4-7 in VAS
  4. ***8-10 in VAS