A randomized controlled trial was conducted on 142 adult male and female patients for
primary inguinal hernias by the Shouldice or the Bassini-Kirschner surgical technique …

All standard methods of hernia repair involve suturing together tissues which are not
normally in apposition. This violates the basic surgical principle that tissue must never be …

The Shouldice repair has been refined over several decades and is the gold standard for the
prosthesisfree treatment of inguinal hernias. A recurrence rate around 1% has been …

Background: Shouldice repair for primary inguinal hernia is reported to have better results
than classic Bassini-type repairs. The indirect inguinal hernia with a firm posterior wall is …

BACKGROUND: Hernia repair is the second most frequently performed operation in France
and in the United States, the prevalence being 36 for every 1000 males. Lowering the …

Background: At present only short‐term follow‐up data are available to compare endoscopic
and conventional hernia surgery. This paper presents data from a randomized study 6 years …

Armed with the new 'hammer'of therapeutic laparoscopy, general surgeons have looked for
appropriate 'nails' in the abdominal cavity. No organ or procedure appears immune. At the …

Background Since 1984 we have completed 3897 inguinal herniorrhaphies. This article
compares our results with a conventional Cooper ligament repair versus the" mesh hernia …

The inguinal hernia continues to challenge general surgeons as evidenced by the variety of
new surgical techniques developed to treat this malady. The persistence of recurrence rates …

Objective To compare the Lichtenstein, tension-free mesh, and the Shouldice, 4-layer
Bassini repair of the inguinal hernia. Design Prospective randomized clinical trial. Setting A …