Chronic postoperative inguinal pain (CPIP) after pediatric inguinal hernia repair-a retrospective analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Surgical treatment of inguinal hernias in children is one of the most common operative procedures worldwide. During surgery for inguinal hernias in adults, chronic pain develops in approximately 10% of all cases. In children, there has been limited research to determine whether they may also develop this chronic postsurgical inguinal pain (CPIP). The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of CPIP in children after open inguinal hernia surgery and to identify possible risk factors and protective factors for the development of CPIP.

Methods

A single center retrospective analysis of patients aged 4 to 15 years who underwent inguinal hernia repair from 2020 to 2022 was performed. A detailed analysis based on the local database was used to analyze existing

SUBMITTER: Widder A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11700912 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature