The modern operation for the repair of inguinal hernia may be said to date from 1889 and
1890, when Halsted and Bassini published their studies. It may also be said with assurance …

AMOS D. GARNER, MD DAYTON, OHIO 0 NE of the probIems most frequentIy encountered
by the genera1 surgeon, now as in years past, is that of how to treat a patient with an …

Some of the most important causes of recurrence following operations for inguinal hernia
have been discussed. No attempt has been made to discuss elementary surgical principles …

SINCE the establishment of inguinal her-niorrhaphy on a sound anatomical basis, in the
nineteenth century, many alterations in fascial closure and refinements in operative technic …

The modern operation for the cure of inguinal hernia is not as satisfactory as. we have grown
accustomed to believe. Supportive evidence for this statement may be found in the high …

J ust now most of the so-calledradical-cure operations are under a cloud. They have not
withstood the test of time. Modern text-books of surgery refer to operations for the radical …

ALTHOUGH THE PROBLEMS associated with the repair of inguinal hernia have been the
subject of many previous papers, a careful analysis of case series appears timely in view of …

THIS is a review of i, 6oo consecutive operations for inguinal hernia per-formed at the Henry
Ford Hospital duringthe ten year period I920-I929. The investigation was undertaken in an …

THE difficulty of compiling acceptable statistics relating to the results of inguinal hernia
repair is well known. In 1951, at a large regional hospital (Whiston Hospital), a series of …

THERE Is PoAELx no condition in which opinions differ as much as in the choice of the
operation for inguinal hernia repair. Much is written every year about the vari-ous types of …