Open AccessPain and Functional Impairment 1 Year After Inguinal Herniorrhaphy: A Nationwide Questionnaire Study
Author(s) -
Morten BayNielsen,
Frederick M. Perkins,
Henrik Kehlet
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200101000-00001
Subject(s) - medicine , groin , inguinal hernia , incidence (geometry) , chronic pain , hernia , physical therapy , cohort study , cohort , surgery , anesthesia , physics , optics
To determine the incidence of groin pain 1 year after inguinal herniorrhaphy and to assess the influence of chronic groin pain on function.