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Herniography for occult hernia and groin pain
N W Eames1, G T Deans, J T Lawson
1Department of Surgery, Belfast City Hospital, UK.
The British Journal of Surgery
|October 1, 1994
Abstract:
In a prospective 3-year study herniography was used to assess patients with unexplained groin pain in whom clinical signs were inconclusive. Fifty-two patients were studied. No serious complications were observed. Twenty-two hernias were identified in 18 patients. The positive herniographic findings were confirmed at operation in 12 patients. Of 34 patients with a negative herniogram, none has developed a hernia. Pain settled spontaneously in 29 patients and five were referred to a pain clinic for further management.