Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The best strategy for the management of inguinodynia is prevention

  • Comment
  • Published:
Hernia Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Data availability

The raw/processed data required to reproduce the above findings cannot be shared at this time due to legal/ ethical reasons. It is maitained in the Veterans Adminstration Data Base that contains patient's confidential inforamtion. However, part of these data has been published previously.

References

  1. Campanelli G (2023) Primary inguinal hernia, postoperative chronic pain and quality of life. Hernia 27(1):1–2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-023-02750-x

  2. Cirocchi R, Sutera M, Fedeli P et al (2021) Ilioinguinal nerve neurectomy is better than preservation in lichtenstein hernia repair: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis. World J Surg 45(6):1750–1760. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-021-05968-x

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  3. Huerta S, Patel PM, Mokdad AA, Chang J (2016) Predictors of inguinodynia, recurrence, and metachronous hernias after inguinal herniorrhaphy in veteran patients. Am J Surg 212(3):391–398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2016.01.036

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Reistrup H, Fonnes S, Rosenberg J (2021) Watchful waiting vs repair for asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic inguinal hernia in men: a systematic review. Hernia 25(5):1121–1128. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-020-02295-3

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Huerta S (2009) Atypical location of the ilioinguinal nerve during herniorrhaphy. Am J Surg 197(3):427–428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.07.015

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. Huerta S, Timmerman C, Argo M et al (2019) Open, laparoscopic, and robotic inguinal hernia repair: outcomes and predictors of complications. J Surg Res 241:119–127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2019.03.046

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  7. Jain SK, Bhatia S, Hameed T, Khan R, Dua A (2021) A randomised controlled trial of Lichtenstein repair with Desarda repair in the management of inguinal hernias. Ann Med Surg (Lond) 67:102486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2021.102486

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

Other than departmental support, this study received no funding.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, VA North Texas Health Care System, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 4500 S. Lancaster Road (112), Dallas, Texas, 75216, USA

    S. Huerta

Authors
  1. S. Huerta
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to S. Huerta.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of interest

I do not have any interests to disclose.

Ethical approval

All procedures performed in the studies involving human participates were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institution and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

Ethical standards

Appropriate there was no IRB approval needed for this paper as it is a comment on a previously published manuscript.

Human and animal rights

This article does not contain any study with animals performed by the authors.

Informed consent

This is not applicable to this comment on another paper published in this journal.

Additional information

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Huerta, S. The best strategy for the management of inguinodynia is prevention. Hernia 27, 1619–1620 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-023-02778-z

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-023-02778-z

Search

Navigation