Inguinal Hernia Nerve Damage
If irritated there may be pain or hypersensitivity experienced along the lateral thigh.
Inguinal hernia nerve damage. There could be nerve damage or damage to nearby organs. Your doctor is likely to recommend surgery to fix an inguinal hernia that s painful or enlarging. This manuscript details a patient with a transient sensorimotor paralysis of the femoral nerve following an open inguinal hernia repair. Nerve injuries are rare complications of open laparoscopic hernia repair.
Hernias might also return following surgery and require a second procedure. 33 years experience in general surgery. If the culprit is not nerve damage it might be a negative reaction to the mesh that was used for the hernia repair. More specifically it is likely damage to a nerve or nerves caused during the surgery or because of scarring after the surgery.
Various etiologies are discussed along with a review of the literature. The cause of this pain is often nerve related. Can inguinal hernia repair nerve damage. Chronic postoperative hernia pain also known as post herniorrhaphy neuralgia is defined as a nerve related pain which persists for more than three months and is unrelated to any other cause.
Almost the entire area covered by the ilioinguinal nerve is either numb burns or simply hurts when touched. In open surgery the nerve that innervates the skin of the groin thigh i. When you meet with your doctor before the surgery bring a list of all the prescription and. Inguinal hernia repair is a common surgical procedure.
An inguinal hernia isn t necessarily dangerous. There are 6 nerves in the groin that your surgeon is aware of and will avoid harm to. Inguinal neuralgia refers to chronic pain in the pelvic area and or groin caused by nerve dysfunction. I appear to have some nerve damage following open inguinal hernia repair.
When i move in certain ways i get a stabbing pain in that area accompanied with a. Nerve damage is common. Femoral nerve injury may occur but is an exceedingly rare event following an open inguinal hernia repair. Open repair takes three weeks to recover.
Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve this nerve is the most lateral nerve in the groin innervates the upper lateral thigh skin and in the past was the most common nerve irritated during a laparoscopic repair. A 47 year old member asked. Following inguinal hernia repair recovery. It has been over four weeks from the surgery and i still have much discomfort.
It is not all that uncommon a condition particularly for those who have undergone inguinal groin hernia surgery. Following inguinal hernia repair recovery avoid any strenuous activities or workload. Inguinal hernia nerve damage. The nerves in this area of the body originate from the uppermost part of the lumbar plexus a network of merging spinal nerves that exits either side of the spine in the low back.