Introduction Selection of an optimal surgical technique for inguinal hernia repair, allowing
safe performance and rapid recovery without long-term complaints, may contribute …

… a 15-fold greater incidence of femoral hernias after inguinal hernia repair compared with …
than inguinal recurrences, suggesting that they were possibly femoral hernias overlooked at the …

… The repair of a simple inguinal hernia or a complicated incisional hernia no longer involves
… It was estimated that primary inguinal hernia repairs had a 10% to 30% recurrence rate and …

… prophylaxis for elective inguinal hernia repair cannot be … European Hernia Society guideline
for inguinal hernia repair … prophylaxis in elective open groin hernia repair in lowrisk patients.…

… in which 487 patients with inguinal hernias were treated by extraperitoneal laparoscopic
repair and 507 patients were treated by conventional anterior repair. We recorded information …

… Since its original description in 1887 7 Bassini’s operation has become a standard for inguinal
hernia repair. Since then there have been many modifications to this repair, predominant …

… to inguinal hernias, recurrence rates from open hernia repair significantly decreased after
the replacement of sutured repair … the posterior approach to the inguinal hernia in 1975. The …

… All published and unpublished randomised controlled trials and quasi‐randomised controlled
trials comparing laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair with open inguinal hernia repair were …

… Also, our analysis in 2002 of patients who had bilateral inguinal hernia repair [13] showed
evidence of the advantages of bilateral laparoscopic hernia repair, although only a 2-year …

… service (Plymouth Hernia Service) and … inguinal hernia repair is one of the most commonly
performed procedures. This study aimed to: (i) analyse the outcomes of inguinal hernia repair …