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. 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 Lund  4 , Lucy Miller  4 , Jan Vollert  3 , Sarah E Lamb  2   5
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Chronic postoperative inguinal pain: prevention is better than 'cure'

John M Findlay et al. Front Surg. .
No abstract available

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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