… for primary inguinal hernia as … inguinal hernia repair is a procedure that every surgeon
should know and be able to perform because it is necessary to treat two conditions, groin hernia …

… and Lichtenstein inguinal hernia repair. … Inguinal hernia is defined as a protrusion of the
contents of the abdominal cavity or preperitoneal fat through a hernia defect in the inguinal area, …

… : primary unilateral inguinal hernia in men and in women, primary bilateral inguinal hernia
in men and in women, primary scrotal inguinal hernia, primary inguinal hernia after previous …

Background Currently, three different techniques are favored for repair of an inguinal hernia:
(1) The suture repair described by Shouldice. (2) An open mesh repair according to …

… methods for inguinal hernia repair in clinical practice. Meta-analyses of randomized
controlled studies, comparing those two methods for repair of primary inguinal hernia, are still …

… with the TAPP technique for a primary unilateral inguinal hernia and were followed up for 1
… larger medial hernias in this series (p = 0.046). For TAPP repair of an inguinal hernia, mesh …

… 309 male patients undergoing open primary inguinal hernia repair. Patients were randomized
… SF-36 in 309 male patients undergoing open primary inguinal hernia repair. Patients were …

… strategy: “primary unilateral inguinal hernia”, “open inguinal hernia repair”, “transabdominal
preperitoneal repair”, “totally extraperitoneal endoscopic repair”, and “robotic hernia repair”. …

… Risk factors for developing a primary inguinal hernia are male gender and old age (9, 10),
a patent processus vaginalis (7), systemic connective tissue disorders (13, 14), and a low …

… , recurrent inguinal hernias and incarcerated inguinal and femoral hernias. This paper now
explores the relevant studies on TEP for elective primary unilateral inguinal hernia in men, …