Inguinal Hernia Surgery Nerve Damage
1 yr after inguinal hernia repair getting minor pain when working out or when having bowel movement.
Inguinal hernia surgery nerve damage. There could be nerve damage or damage to nearby organs. It is not all that uncommon a condition particularly for those who have undergone inguinal groin hernia surgery. Hernias might also return following surgery and require a second procedure. Following inguinal hernia repair recovery avoid any strenuous activities or workload.
The cause of this pain is often nerve related. It has been over four weeks from the surgery and i still have much discomfort. 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 is prone to injury leading to numbness or pain.
Open surgery or surgery with a laparoscope can. This manuscript details a patient with a transient sensorimotor paralysis of the femoral nerve following an open inguinal hernia repair. Pain and numbness in the groin area caused by a nerve being damaged or trapped during surgery. An inguinal hernia is usually treated with surgery.
Nerve injuries are rare complications of open laparoscopic hernia repair. There are two main types of inguinal hernia surgery. Damage to the vas deferens the tube. Damage to the blood supply to the testicle.
I appear to have some nerve damage following open inguinal hernia repair. An incision or cut is made in the groin. 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. How is an inguinal hernia treated.
In laparoscopic repair a tack holding the mesh can irritate branches of the same nerve or more rarely catch a nerve to the leg. Modern laparoscopic procedures take two to four weeks. Nerve damage is common. Femoral nerve injury may occur but is an exceedingly rare event following an open inguinal hernia repair.
Inguinal hernia occurs when part of the small intestine protrudes through the groin. If the culprit is not nerve damage it might be a negative reaction to the mesh that was used for the hernia repair. Following inguinal hernia repair recovery. The surgeon then pushes the hernia back into the abdomen and strengthens the abdominal wall with mesh and stitches.
An inguinal hernia usually occurs when fatty tissue or a part of your bowel such as the intestine pokes through into your groin at the top of your inner thigh. Various etiologies are discussed along with a review of the literature.