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Patient with Groin Pain After a Lichtenstein Hernia Repair

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The SAGES Manual of Groin Pain

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Patients undergoing Lichtenstein inguinal hernia repair are at risk for groin pain due to technical errors at the time of hernia repair, mesh-related pain, recurrence, and (rarely) infection. Here we describe the clinical scenario of chronic pain due to technical error.

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  1. Chen DC, Amid PK. Technique: Lichtenstein. In: Jacob BP, Ramshaw B, editors. The SAGES manual of hernia repair. New York: Springer; 2013. p. 41–54.

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  1. Beverly Hills Hernia Center, 450 N Roxbury Dr #224, Beverly Hills, CA, 90210, USA

    Shirin Towfigh M.D., F.A.C.S.

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  1. Shirin Towfigh M.D., F.A.C.S.
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Correspondence to Shirin Towfigh M.D., F.A.C.S. .

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  1. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Laparoscopic Surgical Center of New York, New York, New York, USA

    Brian P. Jacob

  2. Division of General Surgery, Lichtenstein Amid Hernia Clinic at UCLA, Santa Monica, California, USA

    David C. Chen

  3. FSU College of Medicine, Advanced Hernia Solutions, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA

    Bruce Ramshaw

  4. Beverly Hills Hernia Center, Beverly Hills, California, USA

    Shirin Towfigh

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Towfigh, S. (2016). Patient with Groin Pain After a Lichtenstein Hernia Repair. In: Jacob, B., Chen, D., Ramshaw, B., Towfigh, S. (eds) The SAGES Manual of Groin Pain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21587-7_39

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21587-7_39

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