Cause and Treatment of Chronic Pain after Tension-Free Repair of Inguinal Hernia / 中国普外基础与临床杂志

Objective To explore the cause and treatment of chronic pain after tension-free repair of inguinal hernia.MethodsThe clinical data of 426 cases with inguinal hernia underwent the tension-free hernioplasty during February 2002 to September 2007 were retrospectively analyzed.ResultsTension-free hernioplasty was performed to all patients.According to operative methods,they were divided into two groups:polypropylene filling group(n=210)and expanded polytetrafluoroethylene(e-PTFE)mycromesh group(n=216).The chronic pain rate after operation,polypropylene filling group(9.0%,19/210)was significantly higher than e-PTFE mycromesh group(4.2%,9/216),P