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 …

Abstract From October 1990 to December 1991, we performed 61 laparoscopic
preperitoneal mesh repairs of inguinal hernias on 52 patients, including 22 direct, 38 …

The results of 6,321 consecutive herniorrhaphies have been reported. Over 20 percent of
the cases were referred recurrences when first seen. Ninety-one percent of the patients were …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine if alterations in fibrillar collagen
synthesis were associated with the development of inguinal hernias. SUMMARY …

BACKGROUND: Hernia repair is the second most frequently performed operation in France
and in the United States, the prevalence being 36 for every 1000 males. Lowering the …

Since our previous work had indicated that veterans with inguinal herniation demonstrated
qualitative and quantitative changes in connective tissue, we tested the hypothesis that a …

• Since 1968, we have treated virtually all recurrent inguinal hernias by suturing a
polypropylene mesh plug into the defect. Treatment of recurrent inguinal hernias by the …

From the Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Arizona Medical Center, and the
Tucson Veterans Administration Hospital, Tucson, Arizona, 85724 pass into and through …

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 …

Since the work of Henri Fruchaud (1956), we have used the term inguinal hernias to include
all hernias of the inguino-femoral region, the region that Fruchaud called “inguino-crural” …