Prophylaxis of pain syndrome associated with inguinal hernia alloplasty
Prolonged pain syndrome after hernia alloplasty may be due to the capture of an inguinal nerve within a suture loop. We propose a method to fix the upper edge of the mesh to the aponeurosis of abdominal external oblique muscle from inside. To this effect, a hook is used to roll up the dissected aponeurosis and thereby to form a fold from the mobilized portion of aponeurosis. Fixation of the upper mesh edge to the inner aponeurosis surface allows to avoid injury to the vessels, include n. ilioinguinalis in the suture, achieve stronger connection of the sieve graft with the aponeurotic tissue, and reduce the amount of suture material remaining in the tissues. No prolonged pain syndrome was documented in 170 patients treated by the proposed method in the period from 2010 to 2014 .