Journal of Current Surgery, ISSN 1927-1298 print, 1927-1301 online, Open Access
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Original Article

Volume 5, Number 2-3, September 2015, pages 165-170


Open Inguinal Hernia Repair Using Polypropylene Mesh: A Patient Reported Survey of Long-Term Outcomes

Figure

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Flow diagram for the survey: responses to the two questionnaire mail outs.

Tables

Table 1. Yes Tick Box Responses to Questions (A to P) Posed in Survey Questionnaire
 
Questions used in the survey questionnaireYes (%)n
n is number of responses to each question.
At the moment do you have:
  (A) Pain in the inguinal (groin) area at rest?8 (5.8)139
  (B) Pain when coughing?7 (5.0)140
  (C) Pain when jumping out of bed?5 (3.6)140
  (D) Pain when moving?16 (11.5)139
  (E) Does the pain affect your everyday routine tasks?8 (5.7)141
  (F) Does it affect or prevent every day sport or other exercise?8 (5.7)141
  (G) Do you use painkillers (analgesics) for the inguinal pain?4 (2.9)140
  (H) Do you feel the sensation of some material used to repair your hernia under the skin in your inguinal area?26 (18.6)140
  (I) Is your sensation of touch normal in the inguinal area?97 (69.3)140
  (J) Do you feel any other discomfort than pain in the inguinal area?22 (15.7)140
  (K) Do you have a swollen inguinal area or is it bulged out?8 (5.8)138
  (L) Is your testicle larger or smaller than before?4 (3.0)132
  (M) Has your hernia come back?0 (0)140
  (N) Have you visited a doctor because of inconvenience related to the inguinal hernia operation during the past year?7 (5.0)141
  (O) Have you had any sick leave due to problems related to the inguinal hernia operation during the past year?3 (2.1)141
  (P) Have you been re-operated on because the inguinal hernia has come back?0141

 

Table 2. Frequency of Numbers and Types of Adverse Responses
 
Adverse entries per participantParticipant numbers (%)Any pain type ± analgesics (all A to G)Sense of material under wound (H)Abnormal local touch sensation (I)Local discomfort (J)Local bulge (K)Testis size change (L)Doctor visit or sick leave (N and O)
Answers combined for all types of pain, with/without analgesics (includes all responses to questions A to G in Table 1) and for doctor visits with sick leave (includes responses to both questions N and O Table 1).
072 (51.1)0000000
133 (23.4)26185110
212 (8.5)3495102
38 (5.7)7554021
47 (5.0)8673310
53 (2.1)10111100
63 (2.1)10211103
71 (0.7)4101100
102 (1.4)12121004