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The superiority of either laparoscopic technique or open technique as performed by experienced hands has not been demonstrated to date. Salvador Morales Conde discussed the diagnosis and treatment methods for sportsmen with chronic inguinal pain and suggested that surgery should only be performed in case of unsuccessful conservative treatment. Furthermore, it should be remembered that damage to the hamstring muscle may also result in inguinal pain ( Table 1) ( 1). Laparoscopic repair of ‘sportsman’s hernia’ in soccer players as treatment of chronic inguinal pain.

Furthermore, he claimed that tenotomy reduced load-related pain and did not result in significant function loss for other adductor muscles (magnus, brevis, pectineus); however, the loss of adductor strength resulted in imbalance of powers on the symphysis pubis, thereby disturbing pelvic stabilization and reported that the long-term results of this method were unclear. Groin pain associated with ultrasound finding of inguinal canal posterior wall deficiency in Australian Rules footballers. In spite of the symptoms and signs being typical, the first treatment plan should be conservative treatment and surgery should be performed when conservative treatment is not successful. Identification of these findings would decrease the rates of bilateral repair and potential negative exploration rates on the part of surgeons.The literature data that have so far been presented regarding the etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of sportsman’s hernia is confusing. Inguinal hernia (the most common type of groin hernia) is when abdominal tissue, such as part of the intestine, pushes through an opening in the lower abdominal wall, creating a painful bulge.

Two weeks after your injury, you may begin to do physical therapy exercises to improve strength and flexibility in your abdominal and inner thigh muscles. Currently, there is no consensus on the ideal imaging method for sportsmen with chronic inguinal pain. Magnetic resonance imaging might reveal musculo-fascial layer abnormalities, which can only be identified during surgery for sportsman’s hernia ( 29). Since the surgeon needs stabilization in the anterior pelvis for sportsman’s hernia, the origin of the rectus abdominis muscle is often widened and tension is created (fixation of rectus abdominis or rectus/conjoint tendon space), or suture repair is performed to strengthen the posterior inguinal wall, nevertheless, it has a longer remission period as compared to tension-free repair with a mesh ( 2).

The milestones in preventing inguinal damage are: identification of sportsmen under risk, minimization of known risk factors and follow-up of individual training load. The tendon will heal at a greater length, releasing tension and giving the patient a greater range of motion. Pain in the lower and lateral parts of the inguinal ligament may be indicative of hip pathology or adductor longus damage while pain above the inguinal ligament may indicate sportsman’s hernia-related pain. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

of them became pain-free on day 14 and their pain scores decreased from 6 to 1 in postoperative week 4. At the end of a follow-up period of 18 ( 6– 38) months on average, we determined that all our patients continued their professional sports careers with no inguinal pain ( Table 3). The general public and media are more familiar with "sports hernia," however, and this term will be used for the remainder of this article.In this case, the mutual harmonization of neural control, active myofascial and passive osteoarticular-ligamentous systems are essential ( 32). Generally speaking, sportsmen undergo surgery at the end of the season and be ready again for the new season ( 2). It is an invasive technique, has a high rate of false positivity and it is generally not preferred in overall use due to the high risk of complications at 3–6% ( 26). 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. Magnetic resonance imaging is a preferred method in diagnosing sportsman’s hernia, as well ( Figure 2).

This information is provided as an educational service and is not intended to serve as medical advice. It includes the concomitance of several pathologies; all of these develop through the same essential mechanism due to the underlying disturbance of pelvic stabilization.Sportsman’s hernia is a type of pain that is subtle and acute at onset, more significant at the groin region adjacent to the public tubercle; however, it is not yet related to an obvious pathology explaining the symptoms as in inguinal hernia. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.