A series of more than 200,000 groin hernias repaired at Shouldice Hospital since 1945 has
had an overall recurrence rate of 1%. Thorough and extensive dissection is essential. The …

Controversy exists on the merits of the various approaches to inguinal repair. Evolution of
the classic open repair has culminated in the Shouldice repair. Challenges from newcomers …

The basic principle of the Cooper ligament repair is the closure of the deficiency in the
posterior inguinal wall effected by suturing the upper margin of the defect, represented by …

This paper is based on 15,000 hernia repairs performed by the author at the Shouldice
Hospital, Toronto. Experience with more than 75,000 consecutive herniorrhaphies …

During the past 13 years, the Shouldice method for hernia repair has been used in a series
of 550 consecutive herniorrhaphies with a known recurrence rate of 0.2 percent. The basic …

To minimize recurrences, the author has done a complete Cooper's ligament repair on all
adult groin hernias: direct, indirect, or femoral, rather than repair only a specific hernia …

The Shouldice Repair Page 1 52 The Shouldice Repair Robert Bendavid Introduction The
Shouldice repair is a pure tissue repair designed to correct direct and indirect inguinal hernias …

In the belief that recurrences will be lower if all defects are repaired at the original operation,
I performed a Cooper's ligament repair on all groin hernias in adult patients between 1959 …

Simplified Repair of Femoral and Recurrent lnguinal Hernias by a “Plug” Technic Page 1
Simplified Repair of Femoral and Recurrent lnguinal Hernias by a “Plug” Technic Irving L …

IT IS the purpose of this brief communication to present a concept of the anatomic defect that
exists in the various types of groin hernias and to outline a method for their correction which …