PURPOSE: To provide uniform terminology and definition of post-herniorrhaphy groin @entity1118 . To give guidelines to the scientific community concerning the prevention and the treatment of chronic groin and @entity158 . METHODS: A group of nine experts in @entity547 surgery was created in 2007. The group set up six clinical questions and continued to work on the answers, according to evidence-based literature. In 2008, an International Consensus Conference was held in Rome with the working group, with an audience of 200 @entity1 , with a view to reaching a consensus for each question. RESULTS: A consensus was reached regarding a definition of chronic @entity158 . The recommendation was to identify and preserve all three inguinal nerves during open @entity169 repair to reduce the risk of chronic @entity158 . Likewise, elective resection of a suspected injured nerve was recommended. There was no recommendation for a procedure on the resected nerve ending and no recommendation for using glue during @entity547 repair. Surgical treatment (including all three nerves) should be suggested for @entity1 who do not respond to no-surgery @entity158 -management treatment; it is advisable to wait at least 1  year from the previous herniorraphy. CONCLUSION: The consensus reached on some open questions in the field of post-herniorrhaphy @entity1118 may help to better analyze and compare studies, avoid sending erroneous messages to the scientific community, and provide some guidelines for the prevention and treatment of post-herniorraphy @entity1118 .

International guidelines for prevention and management of post-operative @entity1118 following XXXX surgery.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'patients'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain', 'groin pain', 'testicular pain'] @entity547 :: ('MESH:D006547', 'Disease') :: ['hernia'] @entity169 :: ('MESH:D006552', 'Disease') :: ['inguinal hernia'] @entity1118 :: ('MESH:D059350', 'Disease') :: ['chronic pain']
@entity169 :: (MESH:D006552,Disease) :: ['inguinal hernia']
