Welcome to the Groin Pain Clinic
Chronic groin pain clinic is dedicated to the diagnosis and care of patients with pain in their groins. The pain can be a new onset pain due to a hernia and also as a result of previous surgery undertaken in the groin commonly for a hernia. The clinic provides expertise in hernia care as well and utilising advanced diagnostic imaging, pain control medication, injection therapy techniques as well as surgery in managing chronic groin pain.
Professor Aali Sheen
Professor Sheen has expertise in advanced laparoscopic 'keyhole' surgery and undertakes procedures for the treatment of all types of hernias both incisional and inguinal hernias & the sportsman’s groin (inguinal disruption) using these techniques.
Groin Pain Anatomy
The diagram below shows the nerve sensory distribution in the groin. These nerves can be affected in both keyhole and open surgical techniques