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 …

… All published and unpublished randomised controlled trials and quasi‐randomised controlled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

… 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.…

… 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 …

… interstices of the mesh and recurrence will prove to be less common than with open repair.
We conclude that the new technique of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair causes less pain …

… Inguinal hernia repair has made enormous … for inguinal hernia, in particular in western
regions where financial aspects play a less prominent role. The future will tell how hernia repair …

… repair) and sutured inguinal hernia repair in 13 674 patients found that recurrence after
mesh repair was a quarter of that after sutured repair (hazard ratio 0.25 (0.16 to 0.40)).8 …

… 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 …