Experience with the PINQ-PHONE telephone questionnaire for detection of recurrences after endoscopic inguinal hernia repair

Purpose The PINQ-PHONE is a 4-question telephone questionnaire designed and validated as a recurrence detection method after laparo-endoscopic inguinal hernia repair. The study aim was to evaluate the PINQ-PHONE by describing our experience with the questionnaire in a high-volume randomized-controlled trial.