Quality of sexual life after inguinal hernia repair

Surman Wika Marta, Kucharczuk Magda, Juraszek Karolina, Tarczyński Maciej, Tkaczyński Karol. Quality of sexual life after inguinal hernia repair. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(4):367-376. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1232301

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Received: 05.03.2018. Revised: 10.03.2018. Accepted: 27.04.2018.

Quality of sexual life after inguinal hernia repair

Marta Surman Wika¹, Magda Kucharczuk^1,2,3, Karolina Juraszek^3,4,

Maciej Tarczyński¹, Karol Tkaczyński⁵

¹Surgery Unit, 10th Military Research Hospital and Polyclinic, Bydgoszcz, Poland

² Neurosurgery Unit, 10th Military Research Hospital and Polyclinic, Bydgoszcz, Poland

³Department of Physiotherapy, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland

⁴Eskulap Hospital in Osielsko, Rehabilitation Center, Poland

⁵Department of Surgical Oncology, Oncology Centre, Bydgoszcz, Poland

Address to correspondence:

lek. Marta Surman-Wika

e-mail: m.surman@poczta.fm

Abstract

Inguinal hernia repair is one of the most common surgical procedures. Post-operative pain is one of the main factors determining sexual life satisfaction and general quality of life. However, not much research has focused on the problem of chronic pain after a corrective surgery and its impact on the quality of human sex life. Recurrent inguinal hernia to a large extent has been reduced due to the use of synthetic mesh, but there was a serious problem - chronic postoperative pain, which significantly reduces the overall quality of life of patients.

Key words: inguinal hernia, pain, surgery, sex life, quality