Background The hypothesis was that groin hernias are hereditary. This study was
undertaken to establish the degree of familial clustering of groin hernias on a nationwide …

Purpose The aim of this systematic review was to assess the inheritance of groin hernias.
Methods The primary outcome was to assess the inheritance based on the family history of …

Background Groin hernia has been proposed to be hereditary; however, a clear hereditary
pattern has not been established yet. The purpose of this review was to analyze studies …

Introduction Groin hernia repair is a commonly performed surgical procedure in the western
world but large-scaled epidemiologic data are sparse. Large-scale data on the occurrence …

Background: Complications that develop in groin hernias, such as irreducibility and
obstruction, with or without strangulation may make an easily treatable condition a life …

Using data from the Oxford Record Linkage Study (ORLS), we conducted a case‐control
study to estimate the sex‐specific risks of inguinal hernia in siblings of children with this …

The population prevalence (the percentage of a population being studied that is affected
with a particular disease at any given time) and the incidence (the rate of occurrence of new …

Introduction The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between parity and the
incidence rate of groin hernia repair in women. Method This study was based on two …

ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION. INTRODUCTION. Groin hernias in adolescents are rare and
their management is associated with challenges for surgeons as some adolescents are fully …

BACKGROUND: In contrast to the well-described 10% risk of chronic pain affecting daily
activities after adult groin hernia repair, chronic pain after childhood groin hernia repair has …