OBJECTIVE: To identify the nerves in the groin during @entity169 repair by inguinotomy. METHODS: We conducted a prospective, sequenced, non-randomized study comprising 38 @entity1 undergoing @entity169 repair with placement of @entity7502 mesh. RESULTS: The male @entity1 were 36 (94.7%), with a mean age and standard deviation of 43.1    14.5, body mass index of 24.4    2.8. Comorbidities were @entity101 in two (5.2%), smoking in 12 (31.5%) and @entity28 in two (5.2%). The @entity547 was located only on the right in 21 (55.2%) @entity1 , only on the left in 11 (28.9%), and was bilateral in six (15.7%) @entity1 . Prior @entity547 repair was present in seven (18.4%) @entity1 . The identification of the three nerves during operation was made in 20 (52.6%) @entity1 , the ilioinguinal nerve and the iliohypogastric nerve were identified in 33 (86.8%), and the @entity129 , in 20 (52.6%). Resection of at least one of the nerves was performed in seven (18.4%) cases, two iliohypogastric nerves and five ilioinguinal nerves. The average operating time was 70.8    18.2 minutes. The hospital stay was 1.42    1.18 days. Ten @entity1 (26.3%) returned to physical activity around the first postoperative visit, and 37 (97.3%) in the last. The follow-up time was 95.6    23.5 days. The inability to identify the ilioinguinal nerve was associated with previous repair (p = 0.035). CONCLUSION: The identification of the three nerves during @entity169 surgery has been described in more than half of the cases and prior repair interfered with the identification of ilioinguinal nerve.

XXXX repair: can one identify the three main nerves of the region?

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity129 :: ('MESH:D003389', 'Disease') :: ['genital nerve branch of the genitofemoral nerve'] @entity101 :: ('MESH:D006973', 'Disease') :: ['hypertension'] @entity28 :: ('MESH:D009765', 'Disease') :: ['obesity'] @entity7502 :: ('MESH:D011126', 'Chemical') :: ['polypropylene'] @entity547 :: ('MESH:D006547', 'Disease') :: ['hernia'] @entity169 :: ('MESH:D006552', 'Disease') :: ['inguinal hernia']
@entity169 :: (MESH:D006552,Disease) :: ['Inguinal hernia']
