Open AccessInfluence of Preservation Versus Division of Ilioinguinal, Iliohypogastric, and Genital Nerves During Open Mesh Herniorrhaphy
Author(s) -
Sergio Alfieri,
Fabio Rotondi,
Andrea Di Giorgio,
Uberto Fumagalli,
Antonio Salzano,
Dario Di Miceli,
Marco Pericoli Ridolfini,
Antonio Sgagari,
G. B. Doglietto
Publication year - 2006
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 - 10.1097/01.sla.0000208435.40970.00
Subject(s) - medicine , groin , chronic pain , inguinal hernia , surgery , hernia , univariate analysis , hernia repair , anesthesia , multivariate analysis , physical therapy
To evaluate whether the various surgical treatment reserved for ilioinguinal, iliohypogastric, and genital branch of the genitofemoral nerves, during open hernia mesh repair, is effective in reducing chronic postoperative pain.