Current Problems in Surgery last presented a monograph on inguinal hernia, by Chester B.
McVay, Raymond C. Read, and Mark M. Ravitch, in 1967.'Twenty-four years later, we again …

“HISTORY”, said Henry Ford,“is bunk”. The opinion of the manufacturing magnate cannot be
turned down out of hand. If his remark was a purposive overstatement intended to free the …

The Anatomy and Repair of Inguinal Hernias Page 1 Symposium on Surgery of Hernia The
Anatomy and Repair of Inguinal Hernias John L. Madden, MD,* Saeed Hakim, MD,** and …

• The treatment of recurrent inguinal hernia by classical hernioplasty, ie, via the anterior
approach and using endogenous tissue for repair, was evaluated in 163 patients operated …

A simple classification of inguinal hernias is presented which can be valuable to surgeons
as a (1) blueprint for dissecting the canal,(2) means for choosing the most appropriate …

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 …

A typic operation for the radical cure of oblique inguinal hernia is one that places all the
structures involved in the same relationship to one another as they are present in a normal …

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 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 …

Statistical information relative to age, time of recurrence, duration of recurrence, and type of
recurrence is available for patients reoperated upon for 226 recurrent inguinal hernias …