Transabdominal laparoscopic retroperitoneal neurectomy for chronic pain after inguinal hernia repair and appendicectomy –a matched-pair study

Abstract Background Chronic debilitating pain is a rare but significant cause of postoperative morbidity after inguinal surgery. Such pain is usually of neuropathic origin and frequently caused by intraoperative nerve damage. In this retrospective matched-pair study we analysed results of a minimal-...

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Main Authors: Ioannis Karampinis, Johannes Weiss, Lothar Pilz, Stefan Post, Florian Herrle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:BMC Surgery
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12893-017-0282-2