In the last 10 years, in Italy a rapid evolution has occurred from the “traditional”
herniorraphies (Bassini, Shouldice) toward prosthetic techniques and outpatient procedures …

Original Article Article original Page 1 After years of relatively stable practice, the general
surgical community is re-exploring the surgical treatment of inguinal her- nia. General …

The importance of freeing an indirect inguinal hernial sac or a peritoneal protrusion at the
internal ring is discussed and emphasized. The technic at the internal ring used at the …

181 patients have been included in a controlled randomized prospective study to compare
two hernia repair technics: Classic al Shouldice herniography vs totally pre-peritoneal video …

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 …

Inguinal hernias have been a problem since prehistory, and through recorded time,
surgeons have attempted to repair them. A coherent anatomical basis for repair awaited …

A follow-up study of 178 adult patients with primary inguinal hernia repair revealed
significantly fewer recurrences after the McVay operation for a pure direct hernia than for a …

The original Bassini and Shouldice methods for inguinal herniorrhaphy were tested against
each other and against their respective variants that avoid permanent suturing of the internal …

THERE is still considerable variability in the method of repair selected by surgeons for
inguinal hernias in men. The whole-thickness skin-graft method popularized by Mair (1946) …

SINCE the establishment of inguinal her-niorrhaphy on a sound anatomical basis, in the
nineteenth century, many alterations in fascial closure and refinements in operative technic …