… These patients were not older (on average 56.73 years), not healthier (mainly ASA-II
classified) and did not have larger hernias (20% of large inguinal hernias) in comparison to our …

… hernia relapse in recurrent inguinal hernias is greater than the risk of relapse after repair of
the primary hernia … of a large mesh, potentially reducing the risk of a new recurrence. In our …

… to include larger non-teaching rural hospitals, and surgeons with … to have contralateral
inguinal hernias identified intra-… recurrent left inguinal hernia requiring open repair with mesh …

… ) repair of inguinal hernias has been shown to have equivalent long-term recurrence rates
compared to open Lichtenstein repair … and large ventral hernias, those robotic-assisted repair …

… Surgical conditions account for a large burden of disease, but 5 … In day-to-day surgical
practice, patient selection is different … hernia repair and repair of recurrent hernia and hernia in …

… for recurrent hernias [8] and 10–12% of groin hernia repair … who underwent inguinal hernia
repair within a large community-… Hernia Database demonstrated direct inguinal hernias were …

… Mesh repairs have become standard practice for inguinal hernias 3 , 4 , as recurrence rates
are … underwent reoperation for hernia recurrence in the decade after inguinal hernia repair. …

… There are multiple variables associated with recurrence [18, 19] but the large variance … Our
recurrences, in primary inguinal hernias, without reaching the figures of specialized centers […

… recurrent hernias at a significantly higher rate than non-obese patients. This is impactful data
because the results from prior studies are mixed. In a large … symptomatic inguinal hernias in …

… inguinal hernias, it is proposed that early recurrences are associated with technical (surgeon)
factors, while late recurrences are linked to hernia … time due to the large number of patients …