HerniaPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-01-31DOI: 10.1007/s10029-024-02968-3
Ramez Alzatari, Li-Ching Huang, Benjamin K Poulose
{"title":"The impact of opioid versus non-opioid analgesics on postoperative pain level, quality of life, and outcomes in ventral hernia repair.","authors":"Ramez Alzatari, Li-Ching Huang, Benjamin K Poulose","doi":"10.1007/s10029-024-02968-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10029-024-02968-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Managing postoperative pain remains a significant challenge in hernia operations. With ventral hernia repair (VHR) being one of the most commonly performed procedures, this study aimed to compare the effectiveness of non-opioid analgesia to opioid-based regimens for postoperative pain management.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative was queried for elective VHR patients between 2019-2022. Subjects prescribed opioid or non-opioid analgesics at discharge were matched using a propensity score. Postoperative Hernia-Related Quality of Life Survey (HerQLes) summary scores, Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) 3a questionnaire, and clinical outcomes were compared between the two groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>1,051 patients who underwent VHR met the study criteria. The 2:1 matched demographics were opioids (n = 188) and non-opioids (n = 94) (median age 63, 48% females, 91% white, and 6.5 cm hernia length). Long-term (1-year post-operation) patients' pain levels were similar between opioids vs non-opioids (median (IQR): 31(31-40) vs. 31(31-40), p = 0.46), and HerQLes summary scores were similar (92(78-100) vs. 90(59-95), p = 0.052). Clinical short-term (30-days post-operation) outcomes between opioid vs non-opioid patients had similar length-of-stay (1(0-5) vs 2(0-6), P = 0.089), readmissions (3% vs. 1%, P = 0.28), recurrences (0% vs. 0%, P = 1), reoperations (1% vs. 0%, P = 0.55), surgical site infections (3% vs. 7%, P = 0.11), surgical site occurrences (5% vs. 6%, P = 0.57), and surgical site occurrences requiring procedural intervention (3% vs. 6%, P = 0.13). Finally, long-term recurrence rates were similar (12% vs. 12%, P = 1).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Non-opioid postoperative regimens for analgesia are non-inferior to opioids in VHR patients with similar outcomes. Aggressive efforts should be undertaken to reduce opioid use in this population.</p>","PeriodicalId":13168,"journal":{"name":"Hernia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139650689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HerniaPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-05-18DOI: 10.1007/s10029-024-03063-3
A Kingsnorth
{"title":"Make a difference: become a volunteer.","authors":"A Kingsnorth","doi":"10.1007/s10029-024-03063-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10029-024-03063-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13168,"journal":{"name":"Hernia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140957106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HerniaPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-06-05DOI: 10.1007/s10029-024-03079-9
Luis Adrian Alvarez-Lozada, Francisco Javier Arrambide-Garza, Alejandro Quiroga-Garza, Monica Catalina Huerta-Sanchez, Ana Escobar-Luna, Miguel Antonio Sada-Treviño, Carlos Enrique Ramos-Proaño, Rodrigo Enrique Elizondo-Omaña
{"title":"Underdiagnosis of umbilical hernias in CT scans in a multicenter study - the radiologically neglected pathology and its surgical implications.","authors":"Luis Adrian Alvarez-Lozada, Francisco Javier Arrambide-Garza, Alejandro Quiroga-Garza, Monica Catalina Huerta-Sanchez, Ana Escobar-Luna, Miguel Antonio Sada-Treviño, Carlos Enrique Ramos-Proaño, Rodrigo Enrique Elizondo-Omaña","doi":"10.1007/s10029-024-03079-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10029-024-03079-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Umbilical hernias (UH) have a higher prevalence than previously considered. With the high workload radiologists must endure, UH can be missed when interpreting a computed tomography scan (CT). The clinical implications of its misdiagnosis are yet to be determined. Unreporting could lead to content lesions in surgical approaches and other potential complications. The aim was to determine the prevalence of UH using CT scans, and the incidence of radiological reporting.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A multicenter, cross-sectional study was performed in four tertiary-level hospitals. CT scans were reviewed for abdominal wall defects at the umbilicus, and radiological reports were examined to compare findings. In the case of UH, transversal, anteroposterior, and craniocaudal lengths were obtained.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 1557 CTs were included, from which 971 (62.4%, 95% CI 0.59-0.64) had UH. Out of those, 629 (64.8%, 95% CI 0.61-0.67) of the defects were not included in the radiological report. Smaller UH (x̄: 7.7 × 6.0 mm) were more frequently missed. Of the reported UH, 187 (54.7%) included at least one axis measurement, 289 (84.5%) content description, and 146 (42.7%) whether or not there were complication signs.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There is a high prevalence of UH, and a high incidence of under-reporting. This raises the question of whether this is a population-based finding or the norm worldwide. The reason of under-reporting and the clinical implications of these must be addressed in further studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":13168,"journal":{"name":"Hernia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141247707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HerniaPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-07-20DOI: 10.1007/s10029-024-03099-5
Valentina Guidi Lyra, Sofia Brandão Dos Santos, Carolina Bevilacqua Trigo Rocha, Fernando Augusto Garcia Guimarães, Wagner José Riva
{"title":"Comparison of postoperative chronic inguinal pain between the lichtenstein and laparoscopic techniques in the treatment of inguinal hernia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Valentina Guidi Lyra, Sofia Brandão Dos Santos, Carolina Bevilacqua Trigo Rocha, Fernando Augusto Garcia Guimarães, Wagner José Riva","doi":"10.1007/s10029-024-03099-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10029-024-03099-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Currently, inguinal hernias are highly prevalent in the Brazilian population, accounting for 75% of all abdominal wall hernias. The recommended treatment to correct them is inguinal herniorrhaphy, which can be performed through open surgery, mainly using the Lichtenstein technique, or laparoscopically, primarily through Transabdominal Preperitoneal Repair (TAPP) or Total Extraperitoneal Repair (TEP) approaches. Like any surgery, these procedures have post-operative complications, with pain being the most common and debilitating. Currently, in European and Brazilian guidelines, the open Lichtenstein and endoscopic inguinal hernia techniques are recommended as best evidence-based options for repair of a primary unilateral hernia providing the surgeon is sufficiently experienced in the specific procedure. In that matter, the surgeon should make a choice based on assessment of the benefits and risks of performing each of them, and practice shared making decision with it patient. Therefore, the objective of this review was to assess the incidence of chronic postoperative pain by comparing the aforementioned surgical approaches to evaluate which procedure causes less disability to the patient.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The search conducted until May 2024 was performed on Medline (PubMed), Cochrane (CENTRAL), and Lilacs databases. The selection was limited to randomized clinical trials, nonrandomized clinical trials and cohort studies comparing TAPP or TEP to LC, evaluating the incidence of chronic postoperative pain published between 2017 and 2023. Evidence certainty was assessed using the GRADE Pro tool, and bias risk was evaluated with the RoB 2.0 tool and ROBINS I tool. Thirteen studies were included. RESULTS: The meta-analysis showed a significant difference between the groups in both techniques, favoring the laparoscopic approach, which had a lower occurrence of postoperative inguinodynia with a relative risk of 0.49 (95% CI = 0.32, 0.75; I<sup>2</sup> = 66% (P = 0.001); Z = 3.28 (P = 0.001) with low certainty of evidence.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The presence of chronic postoperative pain was lower in laparoscopic TEP/TAPP techniques when compared to the open Lichtenstein technique, meaning that the former can bring more benefits to patients who requires inguinal herniorrhaphy. Nevertheless, further randomized clinical trials are needed to optimize the analysis, minimizing the bias.</p>","PeriodicalId":13168,"journal":{"name":"Hernia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141731121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HerniaPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-08-23DOI: 10.1007/s10029-024-03150-5
Gang Wang, Zhichun Liu
{"title":"Comment to: The impact of smoking on ventral and inguinal hernia repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Gang Wang, Zhichun Liu","doi":"10.1007/s10029-024-03150-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10029-024-03150-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13168,"journal":{"name":"Hernia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142035774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HerniaPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-08-23DOI: 10.1007/s10029-024-03141-6
Xiaosong Li, Hao Zhang, Hang Li
{"title":"Comment to: Usefulness of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair using the Endoscope Manipulator Robot (EMARO).","authors":"Xiaosong Li, Hao Zhang, Hang Li","doi":"10.1007/s10029-024-03141-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10029-024-03141-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13168,"journal":{"name":"Hernia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142035775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HerniaPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-08-23DOI: 10.1007/s10029-024-03130-9
Xiaojian Fu, Minglei Li, Rong Hua, Qiyuan Yao
{"title":"Lap-re-Do Keyhole versus Lap-re-Do Sugarbaker techniques in large parastomal hernia repair: a retrospective cohort study.","authors":"Xiaojian Fu, Minglei Li, Rong Hua, Qiyuan Yao","doi":"10.1007/s10029-024-03130-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10029-024-03130-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To review the safety and efficacy of Lap-re-Do technique in the treatment of large parastomal hernia.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We retrospectively analyzed the recurrence and complications of 81 patients with large parastomal hernia who underwent Lap-re-Do technique in Huashan Hospital of Fudan University from May 2010 to December 2019. And the patients should be able to complete follow-up. With such criteria, we included 40 Lap-re-Do Keyhole patients and 41 Lap-re-Do Sugarbaker patients. Observation time was defined as time to recurrence, death, or last nonevent visit.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In large parastomal hernias, Lap-re-Do had a recurrence rate of 25.9% and complication rate of 16.0%, and reoperation rate of 9.9% during the average follow-up time of 41.1 ± 17.8 months. Recurrence rates were 40% (16/40) after Lap-re-Do Keyhole repair and 12.2% (5/41) after Lap-re-Do Sugarbaker repair. Complication rates were 12.5% after Lap-re-Do keyhole and 19.5% after Lap-re-Do Sugarbaker repair Re-operation rates referred to Lap-re-Do keyhole repair were 15% and Lap-re-Do Sugarbaker repair 4.9% during follow-up.The majority of reoperations were indicated by recurrence.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Large parastomal hernias are still difficult to be treated. Lap-re-Do Sugarbaker is recommended as an appropriate procedure to close the hernia ring, removing the lengthy colostomy, and effectively reduce recurrence and complication rates.</p>","PeriodicalId":13168,"journal":{"name":"Hernia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142035776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HerniaPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-01-31DOI: 10.1007/s10029-024-02970-9
G Wang, N Zhuo, Z Liu
{"title":"Comment to: The modified frailty index predicts postoperative morbidity in elective hernia repair patients.","authors":"G Wang, N Zhuo, Z Liu","doi":"10.1007/s10029-024-02970-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10029-024-02970-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13168,"journal":{"name":"Hernia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139641963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HerniaPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-03-28DOI: 10.1007/s10029-024-03022-y
G V Kulkarni, Z Elliott, R Rudd, D Barnes, T M Hammond
{"title":"A comparison of patient-reported outcomes in patients undergoing abdominal wall repair with either synthetic or biosynthetic mesh: a pilot study.","authors":"G V Kulkarni, Z Elliott, R Rudd, D Barnes, T M Hammond","doi":"10.1007/s10029-024-03022-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10029-024-03022-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Repair of midline ventral incisional hernias (VIHR) requires mesh reinforcement. Mesh types can be categorised into synthetic, biosynthetic, or biological. There is a lack of evidence to support one type of mesh over another. The aim of this pilot study was to compare mesh sensation in patients having undergone elective open repair with synthetic or biosynthetic mesh.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Four years of prospectively collected data were retrospectively reviewed on 40 patients who had undergone VIHR, using either biosynthetic or synthetic mesh placed in the retromuscular plane. The decision on type of mesh used was governed by patient characteristics. Patients were invited to complete the Carolinas Comfort Scale (CCS) questionnaire, the higher the score indicating a poorer quality of life. The maximum length of follow-up was 36 months.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twenty patients received permanent synthetic and 20 biosynthetic mesh. There was no clinical evidence of hernia recurrence in either group in the short to medium term. Overall, 97% (39/40) patients reported an average of either no or mild symptoms (mean CCS score 17.9 of 115). Patients with a biosynthetic repair had a significant lower CCS at ≥ 18 months (p < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>After VIHR, patients have low CCS scores, indicating good quality of life outcomes, in the short to medium term irrespective of the mesh used. However, biosynthetic mesh had lower CCS scores in the medium term. This may help surgeons and patients make better informed decisions about which mesh to use in their individual circumstances.</p>","PeriodicalId":13168,"journal":{"name":"Hernia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140318197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HerniaPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-04-22DOI: 10.1007/s10029-024-03057-1
M Izgi, B Basaran
{"title":"Comment to: Chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP): an underestimated problem after incisional hernia treatment.","authors":"M Izgi, B Basaran","doi":"10.1007/s10029-024-03057-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10029-024-03057-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13168,"journal":{"name":"Hernia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140851184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}