Reply To: Hernia Journal Special Issue on Chronic Pain

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Whenever I see these 10-20% chronic pain rates, I’m shocked. That’s an order of magnitude higher than what surgeons typically quote (I’ve actually encountered a few surgeons who claim 0%.) Also, it seems just unacceptably high. I know it’s all levels of chronic pain, and not necessarily severe or debilitating pain, but, still, it’s crazy high.