CONCLUSION:: Five years after surgery only a small proportion of patients still report moderate to severe chronic pain. Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair leads to less chronic pain than open repair. Registration number: NCT00568269 (http://www.clinicaltrials.gov). Copyright (c) 2010 British Journal of Surgery Society Ltd. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. PMID: 20186889 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The British Journal of Surgery)