Chronic postoperative inguinal pain: prevention is better than 'cure'

doi:10.3389/fsurg.2025.1632219

. 2025 Jul 23:12:1632219.

doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2025.1632219. eCollection 2025.

Chronic postoperative inguinal pain: prevention is better than 'cure'

John M Findlay^{1

2

3}, Matthew Lund⁴, Lucy Miller⁴, Jan Vollert³, Sarah E Lamb^{2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Academic Department of Abdominal Wall and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, North Devon District Hospital, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Barnstaple, United Kingdom.
² NIHR Exeter Biomedical Research Centre, University of Exeter Medical School. St Luke's Campus, Exeter, United Kingdom.
³ Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom.
⁴ Department of Pain Management, North Devon District Hospital, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Barnstaple, United Kingdom.
⁵ Public Health and Sports Sciences, University of Exeter Medical School, St Luke's Campus, Exeter, United Kingdom.

PMID: 40772256
PMCID: PMC12325278
DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2025.1632219

Chronic postoperative inguinal pain: prevention is better than 'cure'

John M Findlay et al. Front Surg. 2025.

. 2025 Jul 23:12:1632219.

doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2025.1632219. eCollection 2025.

Authors

John M Findlay^{1

2

3}, Matthew Lund⁴, Lucy Miller⁴, Jan Vollert³, Sarah E Lamb^{2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Academic Department of Abdominal Wall and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, North Devon District Hospital, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Barnstaple, United Kingdom.
² NIHR Exeter Biomedical Research Centre, University of Exeter Medical School. St Luke's Campus, Exeter, United Kingdom.
³ Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom.
⁴ Department of Pain Management, North Devon District Hospital, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Barnstaple, United Kingdom.
⁵ Public Health and Sports Sciences, University of Exeter Medical School, St Luke's Campus, Exeter, United Kingdom.

PMID: 40772256
PMCID: PMC12325278
DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2025.1632219

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Keywords: complication; hernia (inguinal); outcome; pain; prevention.

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Conflict of interest statement

JF is an advisor to Create Surgical Ltd. JV has received research funding from Viatris (paid to institution), and consultancy fees from Grünenthal, AstraZeneca, and Merz Pharmaceuticals. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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1. Bande D, Moltó L, Pereira JA, Montes A. Chronic pain after groin hernia repair: pain characteristics and impact on quality of life. BMC Surg. (2020) 20(1):147. 10.1186/s12893-020-00805-9 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
1. Bhangu A, Singh P, Pinkney T, Blazeby JM. A detailed analysis of outcome reporting from randomised controlled trials and meta-analyses of inguinal hernia repair. Hernia. (2015) 19(1):65–75. 10.1007/s10029-014-1299-4 - DOI - PubMed

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[1] Kingsnorth A, LeBlanc K. Hernias: inguinal and incisional. Lancet. (2003) 362(9395):1561–71. 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14746-0 - DOI - PubMed

[2] Kingsnorth A, LeBlanc K. Hernias: inguinal and incisional. Lancet. (2003) 362(9395):1561–71. 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14746-0 - DOI - PubMed

[3] Primatesta P, Goldacre MJ. Inguinal hernia repair: incidence of elective and emergency surgery, readmission and mortality. Int J Epidemiol. (1996) 25(4):835–9. 10.1093/ije/25.4.835 - DOI - PubMed

[4] Primatesta P, Goldacre MJ. Inguinal hernia repair: incidence of elective and emergency surgery, readmission and mortality. Int J Epidemiol. (1996) 25(4):835–9. 10.1093/ije/25.4.835 - DOI - PubMed

[5] McCormack K, Scott NW, Go PM, Ross S, Grant AM; EU Hernia Trialists Collaboration. Laparoscopic techniques versus open techniques for inguinal hernia repair. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. (2003) 2003(1):Cd001785. 10.1002/14651858.CD001785 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[6] McCormack K, Scott NW, Go PM, Ross S, Grant AM; EU Hernia Trialists Collaboration. Laparoscopic techniques versus open techniques for inguinal hernia repair. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. (2003) 2003(1):Cd001785. 10.1002/14651858.CD001785 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[7] Bande D, Moltó L, Pereira JA, Montes A. Chronic pain after groin hernia repair: pain characteristics and impact on quality of life. BMC Surg. (2020) 20(1):147. 10.1186/s12893-020-00805-9 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[8] Bande D, Moltó L, Pereira JA, Montes A. Chronic pain after groin hernia repair: pain characteristics and impact on quality of life. BMC Surg. (2020) 20(1):147. 10.1186/s12893-020-00805-9 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[9] Bhangu A, Singh P, Pinkney T, Blazeby JM. A detailed analysis of outcome reporting from randomised controlled trials and meta-analyses of inguinal hernia repair. Hernia. (2015) 19(1):65–75. 10.1007/s10029-014-1299-4 - DOI - PubMed

[10] Bhangu A, Singh P, Pinkney T, Blazeby JM. A detailed analysis of outcome reporting from randomised controlled trials and meta-analyses of inguinal hernia repair. Hernia. (2015) 19(1):65–75. 10.1007/s10029-014-1299-4 - DOI - PubMed

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