With more than 20 million patients annually, inguinal hernia repair is one of the most often
performed surgical procedures worldwide. The lifetime risk to develop an inguinal hernia is …

Purpose Hernia repair is one of the most common operations performed in children.
Traditionally, an open surgical approach has been utilized; however, laparoscopic repair …

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

Background The literature dealing with abdominal wall surgery is often flawed due to lack of
adherence to accepted reporting standards and statistical methodology. Materials and …

For patients with recurrent inguinal hernia, or bilateral inguinal hernia, or for women,
laparoscopic repair offers significant advantages over open techniques with regard to …

Introduction The use of endoscopic inguinal hernia repair has slowly increased in the past
years, but the indications have remained vague. Some surgeons perform a tailored …

The article presents modern data on the surgical treatment of inguinal hernias, describes the
most common methods of alloplasty, their advantages and disadvantages, presents the …

Background Laparoscopy for ventral hernia repair is now an established technique with its
proven benefits of less pain, early recovery, low-recurrence rate as compared to open repair …

Background International guidelines currently recommend laparoscopy for bilateral inguinal
hernia repair (BIHR). Our study aims to evaluate the trends and factors associated with the …

Background The guidelines recommend laparoscopic repair for bilateral inguinal hernia.
However, few studies compare the totally extraperitoneal (TEP) and transabdominal …