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Table 1 Patient-characteristics of the LTRN group

From: Transabdominal laparoscopic retroperitoneal neurectomy for chronic pain after inguinal hernia repair and appendicectomy –a matched-pair study

 

Sex

Primary Operation

Pain treatment prior Nx

Interval prim. OP-Nx (months)

Neurectomied nerve

Interval Nx-follow up (months)

Post Nx hospital stay (days)

1

F

Laparoscopic appendicectomy

Acupuncture, homeopathy, analgesics

33.0

GFN, IIN, LFCN

24

6

2

F

Shouldice

analgesics

122.2

GFN, LFCN

19

5

3

F

Lotheissen- Mc Vay

acupuncture, nerve block, analgesics, local infiltrations

32.2

GFN, IIN, LFCN

14

3

4

M

Anterior herniotomy

nerve infiltrations

139.5

LFCN, FBGFN

14

8

5

M

TEP bil.

analgesics, infiltrations

45.8

GFN, LFCN bilaterally

12

3

6

M

Lichtenstein

no

3.6

GFN, IIN, LFCN

10

1

7

M

Incisional herniotomy

analgesics, psychosomatic

355.1

GFN, LFCN

5

4

8

M

Shouldice

antidepressiva

176.1

GFN, LFCN

5

2

9

M

Lichtenstein

no

7.0

GFN, LFCN

26

1

  1. OP Operation, GFN genitofemoral nerve, IIN ilioinguinal nerve, LFCN lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, FBGFN femoral branch of the genitofemoral nerve, Nx neurectomy, LTRN laparoscopic transabdominal retroperitoneal neurectomy, TEP total extraperitoneal plastic, bil bilaterally