Pain Months After Inguinal Hernia Surgery

Addagada rao answered 55 years experience general surgery.

Pain months after inguinal hernia surgery. In an inguinal hernia the. You might think surgery will remedy the situation. The typical recovery after a laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair is associated with mild to moderate incisional pain and mild groin discomfort. This may last anywhere from 2 14 days but is almost always gone by the 3rd or 4th week after surgery.

What is an inguinal hernia. Inguinal hernia repair is common. Chronic groin pain is defined as pain that is present for more than 3 months after the inguinal hernia surgery. An inguinal hernia causes chronic discomfort that affects your lifestyle.

It accounts for about 800 000 surgeries performed in the u s. Chronic groin pain can occur in more than 15 of patients who have this surgery. Chronic postoperative hernia pain also known as post herniorrhaphy neuralgia is defined as a nerve related pain which persists for more than three months and is unrelated to any other cause. However some patients end up.

And most patients feel better by a few weeks after surgery. It is not all that uncommon a condition particularly for those who have undergone inguinal groin hernia surgery.