Table 2.
Surgical Characteristics
Patient | Type of Abdominal Neuroma Surgery | Nerve Reconstructed | Postoperative Complications | First Postoperative Visit | Most Recent Postoperative Visit | Responded to Survey (See Table 3) | Length of Follow-up (mo) |
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1 | Allograft 3cm | Intercostal | None | Pain is completely changed from preoperatively | N/A | Yes | 54.16 |
2 | 1. Allograft 2 cm 2. Allograft 1.5 cm | 1. Intercostal 2. Intercostal (1 interspace below previous) | None | Pain improved and different from preoperatively | No pain at the Avance nerve grafting site (neuroma pain is resolved) | No | 23.53 |
3 | Allograft 2.5 cm | Intercostal | None | Pain much different than it was preoperatively | Almost no pain | Yes | 44.77 |
4 | Allograft 5 cm and TMR (coaptation to motor point of internal oblique) | Ilioinguinal | None | Complete resolution of pain | Patient had recurring neuroma pain and subsequently had peripheral nerve stimulator placed. Pain improved during last functional neurosurgery visit. | Yes | 43.65 |
5 | Allograft 6 cm | Ilioinguinal | None | Pain improved and different from preoperatively | Pain has returned in former region | Yes | 33.13 |
6 | 1. TMR to motor nerve of internal oblique muscle 2. Allograft 3 cm | 1. Ilioinguinal 2. Intercostal | None | 1. Pain improved and different than preoperatively 2. Pain improved and different than preoperatively | 1. Pain is all resolved 2. Occasional dull ache but resolved | No | 18.19 |
7 | 1. Allograft 2cm 2. TMR (coaptation to motor nerve to internal oblique)- performed after failed allograft reconstruction | Ilioinguinal | None | Pain different from preoperatively, but continued discomfort | After TMR surgery for failed reconstruction, patient is pain free at that site | No | 5.45 |
8 | Allograft 2 cm | Intercostal | None | N/A | N/A | No | 22.00 |
9 | TMR (coaptation to motor nerve to internal oblique) | Ilioinguinal | None | Pain improved and different from preoperatively | Pain improved significantly | Yes | 20.06 |
10 | TMR (coaptation to motor nerve to internal oblique) | Ilioinguinal | None | Patient states improvement and change in quality of pain compared with preoperatively | N/A | Yes | 18.48 |
11 | 1. Allograft 4 cm 2. Allograft 2.5 cm | 1. Genitofemoral 2. Ilioinguinal | None | Improvement in pain and different from preoperatively | Significantly improved her pain and different from preoperatively | Yes | 14.42 |
12 | Allograft 4 cm and TMR (coaptation to motor nerve to internal oblique) | Genitofemoral | None | Patient still with pain but different from preoperatively | Bad incisional pain that is different from the pain before surgery | Yes | 14.81 |
13 | Allograft 3 cm | Genitofemoral | None | States the pain is improved and completely different | Pain much improved from surgery | Yes | 13.03 |
14 | Allograft 2.4 cm | Intercostal | None | States pain feels completely different than it did preoperatively | No pain | Yes | 9.42 |
15 | 1. Allograft 2 cm 2. Allograft 2cm | 1. Left intercostal 2. Right intercostal | None | N/A | N/A | Yes | 9.48 |
16 | Allograft 3 cm | Intercostal | None | Pain improved and is definitely different from before surgery | Pain is manageable | Yes | 7.87 |
17 | 1. Allograft 2 cm 2. Allograft 2 cm | 1. Left intercostal 2. Right intercostal | None | Patient states pain feels much improved | States completely without pain on left abdominal wall. On the right side, pain is much improved. | Yes | 5.84 |
18 | Allograft 2 cm | Intercostal | None | Pain improved after surgery and different from preoperatively | N/A | No | 1.58 |
19 | R ilioinguinal- TMR to motor nerve of internal oblique, L ilioinguinal- TMR to motor nerve of internal oblique | Bilateral ilioinguinal nerves | None | Some new dysesthesias in lower abdominal skin | 3.11.20 clinic visit, much improved and no longer on preoperative pain medications | Yes | 6.94 |
20 | TMR of right ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric nerves to motor branches of internal oblique | Ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric neuromas | None | No pain and just on tylenol | No pain at last clinic visit | Yes | 10.71 |