… In this study, however, most patients in the Lichtenstein group also had general anaesthesia.
The reason for this was tradition, patient preference and, very occasionally, anaesthetic …

… study of open repairs, where patients returned to daily activities after a median of 8 days [23].
In that study, … in convalescence time exists between Lichtenstein and Onstep repair, it could …

… We conducted a randomized clinical trial investigating the ONSTEP technique versus …
randomized clinical trial investigating the ONSTEP versus the Lichtenstein technique for the repair …

… In an important randomized controlled trial comparing three conventional hernia repairs, the
… ® Hernia System, mesh plug repair and the Lichtenstein method for open inguinal hernia …

… A strength of our study is that it was a multicenter randomized clinical trial that included …
between only Lichtenstein repair for open surgery and TEP for endoscopic repair. The fact that …

… Follow-up will be done by clinical examination, phone interviews and questionnaires.
dIscussIon: This study will be the first randomised clinical trial to compare the Lichtenstein repair …

… The technique of best choice in open prosthetic inguinal hernia repair remains a subject
of … published randomized controlled trial comparing mesh plug repair with Lichtenstein's …

… in this study, after a follow-up of 1 year no recurrent inguinal hernias were detected and only
one residual femoral hernia was found after Lichtenstein repair. Repair of bilateral hernias …

… of randomized controlled trials comparing laparoscopic with open mesh hernia repair, the
… However, laparoscopic hernia repair is more expensive, has a longer learning curve and …

… similar results have been reported from studies with comparable designs [7, 11, 12]. In the
present study, the chronic pain of 40% in the Lichtenstein group is almost twice the rate found …