In the last 10 years, in Italy a rapid evolution has occurred from the “traditional”
herniorraphies (Bassini, Shouldice) toward prosthetic techniques and outpatient procedures …

Original Article Article original Page 1 After years of relatively stable practice, the general
surgical community is re-exploring the surgical treatment of inguinal her- nia. General …

181 patients have been included in a controlled randomized prospective study to compare
two hernia repair technics: Classic al Shouldice herniography vs totally pre-peritoneal video …

The original Bassini and Shouldice methods for inguinal herniorrhaphy were tested against
each other and against their respective variants that avoid permanent suturing of the internal …

The importance of freeing an indirect inguinal hernial sac or a peritoneal protrusion at the
internal ring is discussed and emphasized. The technic at the internal ring used at the …

A follow-up study of 178 adult patients with primary inguinal hernia repair revealed
significantly fewer recurrences after the McVay operation for a pure direct hernia than for a …

THE difficulty of compiling acceptable statistics relating to the results of inguinal hernia
repair is well known. In 1951, at a large regional hospital (Whiston Hospital), a series of …

THERE is still considerable variability in the method of repair selected by surgeons for
inguinal hernias in men. The whole-thickness skin-graft method popularized by Mair (1946) …

Inguinal hernias have been a problem since prehistory, and through recorded time,
surgeons have attempted to repair them. A coherent anatomical basis for repair awaited …

In the past two editions of this textbook, erudite reviews were presented of the history of
hernia and its treatment. Read (57) and others (3, 10, 51, 52, 54) also have dealt with this …