… primary unilateral inguinal hernia repair revealed significantly less postoperative complications,
complication-related reoperations, pain at rest, and pain on exertion in favor of TEP and …

… endoscopic repair, … repairs for primary inguinal hernia as performed by non-experts and
supervised residents are comparable to those of experts. Moreover, open tension-free repair …

… This study demonstrates that most primary inguinal hernias repaired electively are painless
or cause the patient only mild pain. The decision to classify mild pain as a score of less than …

… In summary, then, the open technique of tension free, prosthetic-based inguinal hernia
repair for initial groin defects maintains significant advantages over the laparoscopic approach. …

… Prosthetic mesh repair was fostered by Lichtenstein [5, 6] and Shulman and colleagues [7] …
for all primary hernia repairs. We have based primary inguinal hernia repair on this technique, …

… inguinal hernia repair (LIHR), … open inguinal hernia repair (OIHR). In this meta-analysis of
all randomized controlled trials comparing OIHR and LIHR for primary unilateral inguinal hernia…

… Database, including only men between the ages of 18 and 30 years with a primary repair
of a primary indirect inguinal hernia, cumulative incidence of reoperation because of …

… rate than suture repair in a non-randomized study of primary inguinal hernia repair16 and in
… the value of open mesh repair for primary inguinal hernia in the general hospital setting, not …

… National statistics from England identified that 5% of repairs of primary inguinal hernia were
… or more after primary mesh (Lichtenstein repair) and sutured inguinal hernia repair in 13 674 …

… The lifetime ‘risk’ of inguinal hemia repair is high: at currently prevailing rates we estimate it
at … Elective repair of Inguinal hemia should be undertaken soon after the diagnosis is made to …