Sportsman hernia; the review of current diagnosis and treatment modalities
Melih Paksoy1, Ümit Sekmen2
1Department of General Surgery, İstanbul University Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
2Clinic of General Surgery, Acıbadem Fulya Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
Abstract
Groin pain is an important clinical entity that may affect a sportsman’s active sport life. Sportman’s hernia is a chronic low abdominal and groin pain syndrome. Open and laparoscopic surgical treatment may be chosen in case of conservative treatment failure. Studies on sportsman’s hernia, which is a challenging situation in both diagnosis and treatment, are ongoing in many centers. We reviewed the treatment results of 37 patients diagnosed and treated as sportsman’s hernia at our hospital between 2011-2014, in light of current literature.
Keywords: Sportsman’s hernia, groin pain, athletic pubalgia, surgical treatment
This manuscript was prepared by the invitation of the Editorial Board and its scientific evaluation was carried out by the Editorial Board.
Concept - M.P.; Design - M.P.; Supervision - M.P.; Funding - M.P.; Materials - Ü.S.; Data Collection and/or Processing - Ü.S.; Analysis and/or Interpretation - Ü.S.; Literature Review - M.P.; Writer - Ü.S.; Critical Review - M.P.
No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.
The authors declared that this study has received no financial support.