Authors with wide experience report that the Shouldice technique for repair of inguinal
hernia is very effective. The technique has not gained widespread acceptance or notoriety …

The evolution of a technique of inguinal hernia repair, progressively incorporating more
modern materials and concepts, is described and evaluated. Anatomic precepts of hernia …

During the past 13 years, the Shouldice method for hernia repair has been used in a series
of 550 consecutive herniorrhaphies with a known recurrence rate of 0.2 percent. The basic …

Controversy exists on the merits of the various approaches to inguinal repair. Evolution of
the classic open repair has culminated in the Shouldice repair. Challenges from newcomers …

The Shouldice Repair Page 1 52 The Shouldice Repair Robert Bendavid Introduction The
Shouldice repair is a pure tissue repair designed to correct direct and indirect inguinal hernias …

A series of more than 200,000 groin hernias repaired at Shouldice Hospital since 1945 has
had an overall recurrence rate of 1%. Thorough and extensive dissection is essential. The …

Since 1976, the Shouldice repair has been the herniorrhaphy of choice at the Veterans
Administration Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia. The authors previously reported their …

A retrospective clinical follow-up study of 96 inguinal hernia repairs by a general surgeon
over a period of five and a half years using the same method of repair is discussed here with …

I was disappointed with the recent article (Br JSurg 1992; 79: 1068-70) by Messrs
Kingsnorth, Gray and Nott. The data presented do not support the authors' conclusions that …

A randomized controlled trial was conducted on 142 adult male and female patients for
primary inguinal hernias by the Shouldice or the Bassini-Kirschner surgical technique …