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 …

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 …

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 …

Focuses the inguinal hernia repair in surgical repairs for patients in Great Britain.
Introduction of the tension-free repair and laparoscopic repair; Details on the patient …

Short-stay surgery for inguinal hernia repair using the Shouldice technique, with local
anaesthesia in the great majority of cases, has achieved a recurrence rate of less than 1% in …

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 …

Methods of reporting the results also vary. Some patients are personally followed up for long
periods, others for short periods with indirect assessment of recurrence. Recurrence is …

Between July 1995 and June 1996, 280 patients were operated on for inguinal hernia within
the scope of a prospective, randomized study. The aim of the study was to compare the …

A prospective randomized study was performed on 64 patients suffering from primary
inguinal hernia. Two groups were formed, each consisting of 32 patients. The patients either …

The tension-free anterior repair of inguinal hernia using a mesh, initially described by
Zagdoun in 1959 and perfectly described by Lichtenstein, was used as a basis for the …