The value of laparoscopy in the management of chronic groin pain
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Hussain, Abdulzahra
Al-Shoek, Ihsan
Arora, Ajay
Walczak, Jonathan
El-Hasani, Shamsi
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2017
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BACKGROUND: Chronic groin pain problem represents a diagnostic and management challenge. This study is reporting all patients who underwent laparoscopic exploration of the groin and pelvis for undiagnosed chronic groin pain. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective cohort study. Evaluators were not involved in the operations. Laparoscopic exploration and mesh insertion using Trans-Abdominal Pre-Preitoneal (TAPP) approach was performed for all patients. Follow up in the; clinic at 2 weeks and 6 months was arranged. This was a consecutive series of patients who were presented with chronic groin pain and no pre-operative radiological, orthopedic, gynecological or urologic abnormalities. Patients who were diagnosed with clinical hernia or other positive finding were excluded. RESULTS: Data were collected and analyzed for 92 patients. The operation had successfully managed the groin pain in 81 patients (88.04%), and the pain was improved in another 3 patients (3.26%). Six patients (6.52%) had no change in their symptoms, and worse pain was reported in two patient (2.17%). CONCLUSION: Laparoscopic groin exploration is an effective method to diagnose the chronic groin pain that under diagnosed by clinical, ultrasound and MRI tests. Laparoscopic management had resulted in resolution of the pain in the majority of the patients. The procedure is effective in athletes' patients who did not have clinical, radiological and laparoscopic evidence of groin hernia.
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International Journal of Surgery
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46