CONCLUSION:: The COMI-hernia and EQ-VAS general health scale represent reliable, valid and sensitive tools for assessing multidimensional outcome in patients with inguinal hernia undergoing surgical treatment. Copyright (c) 2010 British Journal of Surgery Society Ltd. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. PMID: 20814965 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The British Journal of Surgery)