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A doctor told me that scar tissue is the reason of pain in surgical side of my hernia repair. if i get it removed surgically will it cause pain again?

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Dr. John Fung answered

Specializes in General Surgery

Last resort: Inguinodynia, also known as hernia post-operative chronic pain syndrome, occurs between 1-10% of hernia repairs. Most resolve within 1 yr, but more severely affected patients require injections with local anesthetics and corticosteroids to reduce or eradicate the neuropathy symptoms. A minority of neuropathy patients are a failure on medical therapy and therefore require surgical intervention.

Answered 2/7/2014

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