Background Open tension‐free methods of groin hernia repair have been widely adopted
despite little rigorous evaluation. Methods Information was assimilated from all randomized …

Background Inguinal hernia repair is the most common general surgical procedure in
industrialized countries, with a frequency of about 200 operations per 100 000 persons per …

The history of open surgery for groin hernia has gone through many stages of development,
including the ancient era (ancient times to the fifteenth century), the era of the start of …

Abstract Background. The EU Hernia Trialists Collaboration was established to provide
reliable evaluation of newer methods of groin hernia repair. It involved 70 investigators in 20 …

Background A new persistent groin pain is reported by a significant number of patients
following laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal hernia repair (TEP). Mesh fixation has been …

Objective To analyze reoperation rates for recurrent and primary groin hernia repair
documented in the Swedish Hernia Register from 1996 to 1998, and to study variables …

Sacred principles guiding surgical repair of groin hernias have remained basically unaltered
since their inception. This may explain the failure of results to improve significantly over the …

Background The laparoscopic repair of groin hernias generally involves mesh fixation to
avoid displacement and recurrence. Fixation usually uses staples that can lead to nerve …

After reviewing the available classifications for groin hernias, the European Hernia Society
(EHS) proposes an easy and simple classification based on the Aachen classification. The …

Objective: This study aims to analyze and identify risk factors for postoperative complications
and analyze the relative risk of reoperation for recurrence for respective complication …