With more than 20 million patients annually, inguinal hernia repair is one of the most often
performed surgical procedures worldwide. The lifetime risk to develop an inguinal hernia is …

Purpose We aimed to study trends over time in operation rates for inguinal hernia with and
without obstruction over five decades. Methods Routine hospital statistics were used to …

BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to examine the outcomes of comparisons
between laparoscopic and open mesh repairs in the setting of recurrent inguinal hernia …

Introduction: Audit of inguinal hernia repair is important in view of the magnitude of the
problem and the fact that it is a common operation often performed by surgical trainees. Due …

Inguinal herniorrhaphy remains one of the most common general surgical operations, with
approximately 10 to 20 percent performed for recurrence. Subsequent repairs provide …

Purpose When laparoscopically repairing a symptomatic inguinal hernia, surgeons will
discover a contralateral asymptomatic hernia in 22% of patients. It is estimated 30% of …

Background Inguinal hernia repair has often been used as a showcase to illustrate practice
variation in surgery. This study determined the degree of hospital variation in proportion of …

Surgeons occasionally encounter a case of recurrent hernia in adult patients after the
primary repair, and these cases are challenging to manage appropriately. This study was …

Background: Inguinal hernia repair is now one of the most commonly performed general
surgical procedures in practice. Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair was started in year …

Background: It is generally accepted that most inguinal hernias should be operated on
electively in order to avoid the high morbidity and mortality associated with incarceration and …