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Rev. chil. cir ; 61(3): 249-255, jun. 2009. ilus, tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-547828

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Background: Chronic inguinal pain syndrome (CIPS) is a frequent complaint in patents attending to a public ambulatory surgical service. Aim: To report a descriptive observational study of CIPS. Material and Methods: Retrospective review of medical records of patients presenting with CIPS between 1999 and 2006. The symptoms and physical examination of the groin, the spine and the coxofemoral joint of these patients was evaluated. Results: CIPS was diagnosed in 150 patients aged 17 to 71 years, 87 men. They represented 14 percent of groin problems diagnosed in the study period. Median duration of pain was 13 (3-150) months, with remissions that lasted from weeks to months. The charactenstics of pain remained constant in each remission. Pain was present during the daily activities, but it was even worse during resting periods and during night sleep, leading the patient to assume pain reducing positions. Hernia was present in 29 patients and occupied inguinal channel in three. Five patients had a history of previous hernia repair. One hundred twenty patients had spine diseases. An anesthetic blockade of the ilioinguinal nerve was performed in 37 patients with a positive response in seven. Twenty nine of 47 groin ultrasound examinations were informed as abnormal and suggestive of inguinal hernia. Surgical treatment was performed in these patients and was associated with pain abolition in 12, reduction in seven and persistence in the rest. Remaining patients were treated with spine rehabilitation. The short time follow-up of both groups was encouraging. Conclusions: Inguinal hernia and radicular pain due to spine problems are the main causes of CIPS in this series of patients.


El Síndrome de Dolor Inguinal Crónico (SDIC) ha sido un hallazgo frecuente en el Centro de Cirugía Mayor Ambulatoria de las Hernias del CRS Cordillera. Presentamos un estudio observacional descriptivo del SDIC, basado en la información contenida en las fichas clínicas en un período de 7 años. Se estudiaron los síntomas, el examen físico de la región inguinal, de la columna vertebral, de la inervación de la zona y de la articulación coxofemoral. El cuadro clínico afectó a 150 pacientes, 87 varones y 63 mujeres, con una edad promedio de 42 años (17-71). La antigüedad de los síntomas fue en promedio de 13 (3-150) meses apreciándose remisiones de duración variable, de semanas o meses, sin variación de las características neuropáticas del dolor. Si bien éste se presentó durante la actividad, estuvo presente también en el reposo sentado y el nocturno aliviándose con posición antálgica. Se detectó una hernia inguinal en 29, un canal inguinal ocupado en 3 y antecedente de herniorrafia en 5 pacientes. En los restantes 129 pacientes se detectó patología de columna vertebral, apreciándose en todos un examen neurológico alterado. El bloqueo del nervio ilioinguinal se efectuó en 37 pacientes siendo positivo en 7. La ecotomografía de partes blandas de la región inguinal adquiere valor sólo en manos experimentadas. Una operación se realizó ante evidencia de patología inguinal, los demás pacientes fueron sometidos a rehabilitación de la columna vertebral. Los resultados a corto plazo han sido satisfactorios en ambos grupos.


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Humans , Male , Adolescent , Adult , Female , Middle Aged , Pain/diagnosis , Pain/therapy , Hernia, Inguinal , Radiculopathy , Chronic Disease , Pain/etiology , Groin/innervation , Medical History Taking , Nerve Block , Physical Examination , Retrospective Studies , Syndrome
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