… Currently more than 150 abdominal wall hernias are repaired each week at Shouldice
Hospital. This article discusses the development of the Shouldice technique for groin repair and …

… The Shouldice technique for inguinal hernia repair has been … (article or abstract) evaluating
the Shouldice repair. After assessment of certain … In ten studies the results of the Shouldice …

… , Shouldice, and to a lesser extent McVey. Because of the high recurrence rate following the
Bassini repair, the Shouldice repair … of the Bassini and Shouldice repairs are reproducible by …

… results, for every 100,000 inguinal hernia repairs, the Shouldice repair (particularly the
stainless steel variety) will prevent repeat operation in 2,700 and 5,300 hernias repaired with the …

… of recurrent inguinal hernias. Although this recurrence rate has been generally considered
“… EE Shouldice of Toronto devised a method for the repair of inguinal hernias which he used …

… In the Shouldice repair, the floor of the canal is repaired using a layered approach imbricating
the full thickness of the transversus arch (fascia, muscle, and the internal oblique) to the …

… The 2009 European Guidelines opined that the Shouldice inguinal hernia repair was the
best non-mesh technique.3 Since then, no studies have offered new evidence concerning a …

… in the Shouldice operation had no significant effect on inflammatory response. Unlike other
types of endoscopic surgery, the repair of groin hernias … Instead, the conventional Shouldice …

… 243 adult male patients, diagnosed with inguinal hernia, underwent inguinal herniorrhaphy
and were included in a prospective clinical study. All the patients were operated in the same …

… From 1945 to the end of 1978 more than 114,000 indirect and direct inguinal hernias
havebeen repaired using the Shouldice technique. All patients were completely ambulatory while …