Patient-Centric Postoperative Care: Navigating the Intersection of Subjective Well-Being and Objective Outcomes.

The application of abdominal binders is a common practice in postoperative care following ventral hernia repair, with the purported goals of reducing pain and seroma formation. However, there is a lack of conclusive evidence regarding the clinical efcacy of abdominal binders. This study aimed to investigate the impact of abdominal binder on postoperative pain and seroma formation in ventral hernia repair. Methods: A minimum of 56 patients undergoing ventral hernia repair were included in the study based on randomized controlled trial. . Patients were randomly assigned to either the abdominal binder group or the no binder group during the rst postoperative week. The study employed standardized surgical techniques, anaesthesia , and analgesic regimens, with blinded observers assessing the outcomes. The primary outcome measure was postoperative pain on day 1, assessed using a visual analogue score. Additional assessments included ultrasonographic evaluation of seroma formation and subjective patient-reported parameters. Patients in the abdominal binder group provided feedback on the benets or discomforts associated with wearing the binder. Results: Data from 56 patients (28 in the abdominal binder group and 28 in the no binder group) were analyzed. No signicant differences were observed between the two groups in terms of postoperative pain or other surgical outcomes, including seroma formation. However, 86% of patients in the abdominal binder group reported a subjective benecial effect of wearing the binder. No adverse effects related to the use of abdominal binders were identied. Conclusions: The study found no signicant effects of abdominal binders on postoperative pain, movement limitation, fatigue, seroma formation, general well-being, or quality of life in patients undergoing ventral hernia repair. Despite the lack of objective clinical benets, the majority of patients perceived a subjective benecial effect from using abdominal binders.