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 …

NEW methods for the cure of inguinal hernia have appeared in an interminable stream since
the advent of modern surgery. Few of these, however, have proved to be significant or …

The problem of inguinal hernia has resolved itself into the management of the direct variety.
This statement is based on the fact that all surgeons agree that in indirect or oblique hernia …

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 …

small in proportion to that of even less common diseases. And this is even more noticeable
when one attempts to review the literature of the very important subject of direct inguinal …

J ust now most of the so-calledradical-cure operations are under a cloud. They have not
withstood the test of time. Modern text-books of surgery refer to operations for the radical …

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 …

There is no lack of recent literature on the subject of inguinal hernia, and no lack of variety in
the operations suggested for its relief. All manner of technical procedures have been …

This operation consists in making an incision, about 2 inches long, parallel with Poupart's
ligament. The end of the incision should be about one inch above the usual location of the …

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 …