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Chronic Postoperative Inguinal Pain (CPIP)

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It is well established that almost every surgical intervention may lead to chronic pain. According to published trials with systematic data collection, the highest chronic pain rates are reported after leg amputation, thoracotomy, and breast surgery with 60%, 50%, and 30%, respectively [1].

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  1. Chefarzt der Chirurgischen Abteilung und Referenzzentrum für Hernienchirurgie, Wilhelmsburger Krankenhaus Groß-Sand, Kooperationspartner der Klinik Fleetinsel, Präsident der Deutschen Herniengesellschaft, Hamburg, Germany

    Wolfgang Reinpold

  2. Department of Surgery, Lichtenstein-Amid Hernia Clinic, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of Californina, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    David Chen MD

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Reinpold, W., Chen, D. (2018). Chronic Postoperative Inguinal Pain (CPIP). In: Bittner, R., Köckerling, F., Fitzgibbons, Jr., R., LeBlanc, K., Mittal, S., Chowbey, P. (eds) Laparo-endoscopic Hernia Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-55493-7_17

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