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

Billroth (1878) envisaged prostheses before Bassini's sutured cure (1887). Phelps (1894)
reinforced with silver coils. Metals were replaced by plastic (Aquaviva 1944). Polypropylene …

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 …

Methods: The International Hernia Mesh Registry (2007–2010) was interrogated. 2086
patients who underwent 2499 inguinal hernia repairs were identified. A Carolinas Comfort …

Introduction Chronic pain after hernia repair is common, and it is unclear to what extent the
different operation techniques influence its incidence. The aim of the present study was to …

The aim of this study was to analyze and evaluate the long-term recurrence rate and risk
factors for inguinal hernia recurrence in patients treated by the Shouldice suture repair. A …

Objectives The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of hernias before and after the
start of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) in patients with end-stage renal …

The British Hernia Centre is a private free-standing day surgery clinic offering ambulatory
abdominal wall hernia repair under local anesthesia. The authors' experience of the …

Background Reported results of incisional hernia repair are poor with high recurrence rates
unless prosthetic mesh is used. Mesh gives improved results, but certain techniques are …

Introduction: This was a prospective, randomised study undertaken from January 2001 to
July 2003 firstly to assess the possibility of using glues to fix meshes, secondly to verify …