Introduction Worldwide, more than 20 million patients undergo groin hernia repair annually.
The many different approaches, treatment indications and a significant array of techniques …

Abdominal hernias are common issues in the clinical setting, burdening millions of patients
worldwide. Associated with pain, decreased quality of life, and severe potential …

Background: Chronic postoperative inguinal pain (CPIP) is the most common long-term
complication of inguinal hernia repair. As such procedures are routinely performed, CPIP …

Background There is an increasing interest in patient-reported outcome measurement to
evaluate hernia operations. Several hernia-specific quality of life (QoL) scales have been …

Objective: Three different mesh fixation techniques were compared to find out how to
perform a safe and cost-effective open inguinal hernioplasty in day-case setting with the best …

Purpose To assess the rate of late chronic postoperative inguinal pain (CPIP) after groin
hernia repair in patients with different categories of preoperative VRS (Verbal Rating Scale) …

Background Pain is the most likely reason for delay in resuming normal activities after groin
hernia repair. The primary aim of this study was to determine whether the use of glue to fix …

Background Complications after inguinal hernioplasty pose a significant burden on
individual patients and society because of high numbers of repair procedures. Recently, the …

Biomaterials and their applications are perhaps among the most dynamic areas of research
within the field of biomedicine. Any advance in this topic translates to an improved quality of …

Purpose Inguinal hernia repair is one of the most common operations worldwide and
despite this, the incidence of chronic pain remains high after inguinal hernia repair. The …