Returning to work after herniorrhaphy

doi:10.1136/bmj.309.6958.880b

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D E Boyce,
A A Shandall,
D L Crosby

Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Cardiff Royal Infirmary, Cardiff CF2 1SZ
Department of General Surgery, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport NP4 2UB
Department of General Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff CF4 4XW.

EDITOR, - We disagree with several points made in the editorial on “returning to work after herniorrhaphy.”1 The authors state that “troublesome wound soreness is rare seven to 10 days after operation,” but we have shown that 15% …