A single-surgeon randomized trial comparing three meshes in lichtenstein hernia repair: 2- and 5-year outcome of recurrences and chronic pain

Abstract

There were no statistical differences between the three meshes in pain, a feeling of a foreign body or use of analgesics after 5 years of Lichtenstein hernioplasty, when the same surgeon operated all patients with exactly the same surgical technique. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTER: NCT01295437.