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

The repair of a simple inguinal hernia or a complicated incisional hernia no longer involves
just the sewing together of a defect in the musculature. Present-day hernia operations …

With numerous prosthetic options and a changing landscape of prosthetic development, a
systematic approach to choosing a prosthetic is more sensible than trying to memorize all …

目的: 探讨经腹股沟切口应用Kugel 腹股沟疝修补术的优点, 以及其在早期学习者中如何掌握
标准时所起的作用. 方法: 回顾性总结, 分析自2003 年3 月至2004 年2 月间所作50 …

Background The open preperitoneal approach in inguinal hernia repair might have the
benefit of a mesh in the preferred space without the disadvantages of an endoscopic …

Background Compared with laparoscopic groin herniorrhaphy, the open procedure used in
most former studies was Lichtenstein repair. However, unlike the totally extraperitoneal …

The ultimate measure of success of inguinal hernia repair is the rate of recurrence. Although
other procedure-related complications are important and have been shown to affect …

Background For the repair of inguinal hernias, several surgical methods have been
presented where the purpose is to place a mesh in the preperitoneal plane through an open …

Abstract Background The Kugel patch inguinal hernia repair is a relatively new, open,
minimally invasive procedure using a preperitoneal approach. Method Prospective …

HISTORY Inguinal hernia repair has been one of the most common operations performed by
general surgeons for years. It is estimated that 700,000 hernia operations are performed in …