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 …

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 …

* In Table I, we have included under the term" direct", that mixed type often called" saddle-
bag" or" direct-indirect", because we believe that in these cases it is the" direct" weakness …

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 …

small in proportion to that of even less common diseases. And this is even more noticeable
when one attempts to review the literature of the very important subject of direct inguinal …

EVALUATION of the result of the primary repair of inguinal hernia is of paramount
importance. Since this is one of the commonest conditions requiring surgical intervention in …

An analysis of 584 operations for recurrent inguinal hernia was made in an attempt to
determine the cause of the recurrence based on the anatomic findings. The recurrence was …

In the Bulletin of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, vol. i, No. 1, December, 1889, 1 Dr. Halsted's
operation for the cure of inguinal hernia in the male is first described. Inasmuch as Dr …

Surgical repair of an inguinal hernia is a frequently performed operation. Ideally, a hernia
should be permanently cured by one operation and its repair attended by minimum …

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 …