| Grade B | Patients should be informed that laparoscopic ventral hernia repair may lead to prolonged pain |
| Grade B | Surgeons should strive to limit acute pain as a risk factor for chronic pain |
| Grade B | Surgeons should use intraoperative suture-site injection of local anesthetic |
| Grade D | The evidence is inconclusive whether the type of suture, tacks, glue, or mesh alters the incidence of chronic pain |
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