Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to explore the risk for complications and reoperations following open repairs for sliding groin hernias.
Method: All primary indirect inguinal hernia repairs registered in the Swedish Hernia Register 1998-2011 were identified. Repeated and bilateral procedures were excluded.
Unlabelled: Chronic pain and physical disability are well-known problems after primary groin hernia surgery, but the outcome after recurrent hernia surgery is much less known.
Purpose: To study the impact of anterior mesh repair (AMR) and posterior mesh repair (PMR) on chronic pain and disability after first recurrent groin hernia surgery in a population-based cohort derived from the Swedish Hernia Register.
Methods: Consecutive unilateral, first and second recurrent hernia repairs, registered between 1998 and 2007, were included.
Background: Chronic groin postherniorrhaphy pain (CGPP) is common and sometimes so severe that surgical treatment is necessary. The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for being reoperated due to CGPP.
Methods: All 195,707 repairs registered in the Swedish Hernia Register between 1999 and 2011 were included in the study.