Objective To compare laparoscopic with open hernia repair in a randomized clinical trial at a
median follow-up of 5 years. Summary Background Data Follow-up of patients in clinical …

Background The place of laparoscopic groin hernia repair remains controversial. Individual
randomized controlled trials alone have not provided statistically reliable results when …

BACKGROUND: Repair of a groin hernia is one of the most common elective operations
performed in general surgery. Our aim was to compare laparoscopic repair with open repair …

Although the laparoscopic technique is a new approach to groin hernia, it is becoming more
widely accepted as an alternative to traditional open techniques. This study is a preliminary …

Background: This study was a pragmatic economic evaluation carried out alongside a
multicentre randomized controlled trial comparing laparoscopic with open groin hernia …

Laparoscopic inguinal herniorrhaphy was first described by Ger, Schultz, Corbitt, and Filipi
in the early 1990s [1–4] and burst upon the surgical scene just after laparoscopic …

Objective: To analyze the relative risk of reoperation for recurrence using 3 anesthetic
alternatives, general anesthesia (GA), regional (spinal-, epidural-) anesthesia (RA), and …

Objective To analyze reoperation rates for recurrent and primary groin hernia repair
documented in the Swedish Hernia Register from 1996 to 1998, and to study variables …

Background The reoperation rate after recurrent groin hernia surgery is more than twice that
recorded for primary groin hernia procedures. The aim was to define the outcome from …

The treatment of inguinal hernias has evolved over the past 150 years from truss support
with operation reserved for life-threatening situations to elective outpatient repair. Factors …