Background: The aim of the present randomized trial was to compare the Shouldice
procedure and the Lichtenstein hernia repair with respect to recurrence rate, technical …

Abstract In the Netherlands, approximatey 30,000 inguinal hernia repairs are performed
yearly. At least 15% are for recurrence. New procedures are being introduced creating …

HE SEARCH for the elusive solution to the problem of inguinal hernia has stimulated
surgeons since the days of Sir Astley Cooper [I] to devise new and more effective technics …

If the record of inguinal hernioplasty were excellent, there would be no necessity for this
chapter. However, even those of us who have devoted many years to the study of methods …

Background: Although tension-free techniques of hernia repair using synthetic meshes
revealed encouraging results, the best method of inguinal hernia repair is still unclear …

Since 1976, the Shouldice repair has been the herniorrhaphy of choice at the Veterans
Administration Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia. The authors previously reported their …

It is perhaps a sign of senescence, if not obsolescence, to be asked to write on the subject of
open inguinal hernia repair in a journal devoted to minimally invasive surgery. Nevertheless …

Surgeons have developed many methods for the repair of direct inguinal hernias. The
Cooper's ligament (McVay) repair and the Shouldice repair are widely used techniques. To …

THERE has not yet been introduced a method of hernia repair that meets universal
approval. Any current procedure is both praised and condemned. These differences of …

Since 1884, when Edoardo Bassini started the modern era of surgical correction of inguinal
hernia (today the most common procedure performed by the general surgeon), many …