Three-Year Results of a Single-Centre Single-Blinded Randomised Study Evaluating the Impact of Mesh Pore Size on Chronic Pain after Lichtenstein Hernioplasty

Conclusions: Mesh with larger pores, compared with mesh with smaller pores, has no advantages in reducing the rate of chronic pain. We speculate that the reason for the higher rate of chronic pain in the study group where the mesh with larger pores was used might have been the different composition of the meshes at implantation. Also, it is possible as development of chronic pain after inguinal hernia repair is multifactorial, we failed to find a plausible explanation for this difference. Low recurrence rates were achieved with both meshes used in our study.

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Source: Scandinavian Journal of Surgery - August 8, 2016 Category: Surgery Authors: Nikkolo, C., Vaasna, T., Murruste, M., Seepter, H., Kirsimägi, U., Lepner, U. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research