Open AccessPostoperative comfort after plug‐and‐patch repair of recurrent inguinal hernia
Author(s) -
Zieren Jürgen,
Neuss Heiko,
Philipp Andrew W.,
Müller Jochen M.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
european journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1741-9271
pISSN - 1102-4151
DOI - 10.1080/110241502317307526
Subject(s) - medicine , inguinal hernia , surgery , hernia repair , anesthesia , analgesic , morning , postoperative pain , hernia
Objective: To evaluate postoperative comfort after the plug‐and‐patch repair. Design: Prospective observational study. Setting: University hospital, Germany. Subjects: From July 1995 until August 2000, 93 consecutive patients with recurrent inguinal hernia were operated on using the plug‐and‐patch technique. Main outcome measures: Postoperative comfort assessed by pain (visual analogue score), analgesic requirements, duration of hospital stay, and restriction of daily activities. Results: Postoperative pain decreased continuously from the morning of the first postoperative day (median VAS: 5.4; range 1.2–6.9) until day 13 (VAS < 1). The median amount of analgesics given to the patients for 4 days was dipyrone 5.2 g (range 2.1–8.4). Median duration of hospital stay was 5 (2–14) days, limitation of daily activities 6 days (range 3–17) and 34 patients who were employed had returned to work after 21 days (range 8–42). Conclusions: Plug‐and‐patch repair offers a high degree of comfort to patients with recurrent inguinal hernia. Copyright © 2002 Taylor and Francis Ltd.