Do female patients experience worse outcomes than male patients after inguinal hernia repair? An analysis of the Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative database

IF 3.2 2区医学 Q1 SURGERY

Surgery Pub Date : 2025-06-24 DOI:10.1016/j.surg.2025.109491

Amrita Iyer BS , Sunjay S. Kumar MD , Martina Rama MD , Sourav Podder MD , Li-Ching Huang PhD , Sami Tannouri MD, FACS , Talar Tatarian MD, FACS , Francesco Palazzo MD, FACS

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Abstract

Background

Inguinal hernia repair is one of the most common general surgery operations. Some evidence suggests that female patients are at greater risk of chronic postoperative pain and hernia recurrence. We investigated rates of chronic inguinal pain and recurrence after inguinal hernia repair in both male and female patients using the Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative database.

Methods

The Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative database was queried for patients undergoing elective, unilateral inguinal hernia repair who completed 30-day clinical follow-up and baseline and 1-year European Registry for Abdominal Wall Hernias Survey surveys. Both open and minimally invasive cases were included. The primary outcomes of this study were 1-year European Registry for Abdominal Wall Hernias Survey pain, restrictions, and cosmesis scores. The secondary outcome was hernia recurrence.

Results

The search identified 1,582 total patients, 1,448 male and 134 female. One-year overall European Registry for Abdominal Wall Hernias Survey and European Registry for Abdominal Wall Hernias Survey pain scores were worse in female patients (P < .01 and P = .02, respectively). On multivariable regression analysis, female sex was associated with worse pain (adjusted effect size, 0.77; 95% confidence interval, 0.17–1.37, P = .01), restriction (adjusted effect size, 1.66; 95% confidence interval, 0.76–2.56, P < .01), and cosmesis scores (adjusted effect size, 0.74;95% confidence interval, 0.18–1.29, P < .01) compared with male sex. Hernia recurrence rates were greater in female patients at 1-year follow-up (adjusted odds ratio, 2.20; 95% confidence interval, 1.10–4.41, P = .03).

Conclusion

This study demonstrates that quality of life and hernia recurrence are strikingly worse for female patients, despite a greater prevalence of minimally invasive repairs. Identification of these disparities in outcomes is the first step toward achieving health equity in inguinal hernia repair.

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Surgery 医学-外科

CiteScore

5.40

自引率

5.30%

发文量

687

审稿时长

64 days

期刊介绍： For 66 years, Surgery has published practical, authoritative information about procedures, clinical advances, and major trends shaping general surgery. Each issue features original scientific contributions and clinical reports. Peer-reviewed articles cover topics in oncology, trauma, gastrointestinal, vascular, and transplantation surgery. The journal also publishes papers from the meetings of its sponsoring societies, the Society of University Surgeons, the Central Surgical Association, and the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons.