Key Clinical Points Groin Hernias in Adults Groin hernias are much more common in men
than in women. Patients with symptoms of acute incarceration and strangulation require …

Fast-track programs have been developed with the aim to reduce perioperative surgical
stress and facilitate patient's recovery after surgery. Potentially, regional anesthesia and …

Introduction Worldwide, more than 20 million patients undergo groin hernia repair annually.
The many different approaches, treatment indications and a significant array of techniques …

Inguinal hernia repair is one of the most common surgeries performed worldwide. With the
success of modern hernia repair techniques, recurrence rates have significantly declined …

Background Groin hernia management has a significant worldwide diversity with multiple
surgical techniques and variable outcomes. The International guidelines for groin hernia …

Background Increased focus and research on surgical technique and anaesthesia in groin
hernia repair have improved outcomes from centres of interest in hernia surgery, but little …

Background Sportsmen's groin, also known as sportsman's hernia, sports hernia,(athletic)
pubalgia or athletic hernia, especially in professional sportsmen, is a difficult clinical …

Background: With established protocols lacking, the choice of anesthetic technique remains
arbitrary in inguinal hernia repair. Well-designed studies in this subject are important …

Background: Day surgery has expanded considerably during the last decades. Routines
and standards have developed but differ between and within countries. Methods: We …

Background: Randomised studies suggest regional anaesthesia to have the highest
morbidity and local infiltration anaesthesia to have the lowest morbidity after groin hernia …