This is a randomized, double blind, controlled study. The aim is to compare postoperative inguinal pain using the Inguinal Pain Questionnaire (IPQ) validated in Spanish and Numerical Pain Scale in postoperative patients with Lichtenstein and Onstep technique at 1 week, 1, 3 and 6 months. The investigators also validated the IPQ in spanish. It was randomized 20 patients for the Lichtenstein repair and 20 patients for the Onstep technique. The study was conducted in the General Surgery Department of the Central Hospital Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto, considered as a second level of attention and a surgery training center. The validated questionnaire in spanish and the visual pain scale were applied in the office at 1 week and by phone at 1 month, 3 and 6 months after surgery by two evaluators who did not know the surgical technique used.
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Postoperative inguinal pain assessed by the Inguinal Pain Questionnaire validated in spanish.
Timeframe: The questionnaire was applied at 1 week after surgery
Postoperative inguinal pain assessed by the Inguinal Pain Questionnaire validated in spanish.
Timeframe: The questionnaire was applied at 1 month after surgery
Postoperative inguinal pain assessed by the Inguinal Pain Questionnaire validated in spanish.
Timeframe: The questionnaire was applied at 3 months after surgery
Postoperative inguinal pain assessed by the Inguinal Pain Questionnaire validated in spanish.
Timeframe: The questionnaire was applied at 6 months after surgery
Postoperative inguinal pain assessed by Numerical Pain Rating Scale
Timeframe: The scale was applied at 1 week after surgery
Postoperative inguinal pain assessed by Numerical Pain Rating Scale
Timeframe: The scale was applied at 1 month after surgery
Postoperative inguinal pain assessed by Numerical Pain Rating Scale
Timeframe: The scale was applied at 3 months after surgery
Postoperative inguinal pain assessed by Numerical Pain Rating Scale
Timeframe: The scale was applied at 6 months after surgery