Figure 1. Flow diagram for the survey: responses to the two questionnaire mail outs.
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Original Article
Volume 5, Number 2-3, September 2015, pages 165-170
Open Inguinal Hernia Repair Using Polypropylene Mesh: A Patient Reported Survey of Long-Term Outcomes
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Tables
| Questions used in the survey questionnaire | Yes (%) | n |
|---|---|---|
| n is number of responses to each question. | ||
| At the moment do you have: | ||
| (A) Pain in the inguinal (groin) area at rest? | 8 (5.8) | 139 |
| (B) Pain when coughing? | 7 (5.0) | 140 |
| (C) Pain when jumping out of bed? | 5 (3.6) | 140 |
| (D) Pain when moving? | 16 (11.5) | 139 |
| (E) Does the pain affect your everyday routine tasks? | 8 (5.7) | 141 |
| (F) Does it affect or prevent every day sport or other exercise? | 8 (5.7) | 141 |
| (G) Do you use painkillers (analgesics) for the inguinal pain? | 4 (2.9) | 140 |
| (H) Do you feel the sensation of some material used to repair your hernia under the skin in your inguinal area? | 26 (18.6) | 140 |
| (I) Is your sensation of touch normal in the inguinal area? | 97 (69.3) | 140 |
| (J) Do you feel any other discomfort than pain in the inguinal area? | 22 (15.7) | 140 |
| (K) Do you have a swollen inguinal area or is it bulged out? | 8 (5.8) | 138 |
| (L) Is your testicle larger or smaller than before? | 4 (3.0) | 132 |
| (M) Has your hernia come back? | 0 (0) | 140 |
| (N) Have you visited a doctor because of inconvenience related to the inguinal hernia operation during the past year? | 7 (5.0) | 141 |
| (O) Have you had any sick leave due to problems related to the inguinal hernia operation during the past year? | 3 (2.1) | 141 |
| (P) Have you been re-operated on because the inguinal hernia has come back? | 0 | 141 |
| Adverse entries per participant | Participant numbers (%) | Any pain type ± analgesics (all A to G) | Sense of material under wound (H) | Abnormal local touch sensation (I) | Local discomfort (J) | Local bulge (K) | Testis size change (L) | Doctor visit or sick leave (N and O) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answers combined for all types of pain, with/without analgesics (includes all responses to questions A to G in Table 1) and for doctor visits with sick leave (includes responses to both questions N and O Table 1). | ||||||||
| 0 | 72 (51.1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 33 (23.4) | 2 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 12 (8.5) | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 8 (5.7) | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | 7 (5.0) | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 (2.1) | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 (2.1) | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 1 (0.7) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2 (1.4) | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |