Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation reduces acute postoperative pain and analgesic use after open inguinal hernia surgery: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Worldwide, more than 20 million patients undergo inguinal hernia repair annually.25 Open tensionless repair techniques will be an important treatment for the foreseeable future.32 Lichtenstein repair is widely considered the “gold standard” in open tensionless inguinal hernia repair. Since the introduction of meshes, recurrence rates have decreased, with a current occurrence rate 1-2%, and great attention has been directed to postoperative acute and chronic pain treatment.22 Acute pain is the most common complaint reported by patients following inguinal hernia repair.

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