-With around 30,000 interventions a year, correction of an inguinal hernia is one of the most
commonly performed surgeries in the Netherlands. One would therefore expect the same …

Few surgical diagnoses have the degree of impact on the worldwide healthcare system as
that of the inguinal hernia. It is estimated that approximately 20 million inguinal hernia …

Inguinal hernia repair remains one of the most commonly performed operation in the United
States and internationally. The multiple surgical procedures that have been described to …

Hernias are among the oldest known afflictions of humankind and surgical repair of the
inguinal hernia is the most common general surgery procedure performed today; however …

Inguinal hernia remains one of the most frequent diseases requiring surgical treatment. In
the United States at least 500.000 patients are treated annually (1). Also in Belgium inguinal …

Inguinal hernias occur either because of weakening in the groin or a pre-existing condition
such as a persistent processus vaginalis [7]. The hernia orifice allows a protrusion of the …

Inguinal hernia repair, one of the commonest operations in the world, remains a matter of
discussion and controversy with regard to which technique should be used. Each of us is …

Since 1884, when Edoardo Bassini started the modern era of surgical correction of inguinal
hernia (today the most common procedure performed by the general surgeon), many …

The famous statement of Edoardo Bassini still appears very relevant. Is it useful to talk about
hernia today? Is it useful to dedicate to hernia repair, a so-called minor surgery, a biennial …

The article reviews the history of inguinal hernia surgery. At various times, different
procedures and diverse materials were used for hernia repair. However, the effectiveness …