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The authors commend the development of the first acute post-inguinal hernia repair pain score and encourage prospective, multi-institutional studies to validate its use in preventing chronic pain.
This editorial highlights the importance of identifying patients at risk for chronic post-surgical pain, particularly after inguinal hernia surgery, to improve pain management and mitigate opioid use.
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Peralta et al. (2023) conducted an editorial in Chronic post-surgical pain (CPSP) / Chronic post-inguinal surgery pain (CPIP). Post-Operative Analgesics Score was evaluated. The authors commend the development of the first acute post-inguinal hernia repair pain score and encourage prospective, multi-institutional studies to validate its use in preventing chronic pain.
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