Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Three-year results of randomised clinical trial comparing lightweight mesh with heavyweight mesh for inguinal hernioplasty.
The aim of the present randomised study was to find out whether usage of lightweight mesh in inguinal hernia repair, compared with heavyweight mesh, results in decreased incidence of chronic groin pain and foreign body feeling, as well as to evaluate the risk factors for chronic pain development and hernia recurrences. ⋯ Our study shows that compared with HW mesh, LW mesh has no advantage in reducing chronic groin pain and foreign body feeling at the operation site after inguinal hernioplasty at 3-year follow-up. Severe preoperative pain was correlated with the development of chronic pain. There was no difference between the two study groups in the recurrence rates.