Purpose To compare patients over 70 years old with those under 50 years old undergoing
inguinal hernia repair. Patients and methods Fifty patients aged> 70 years (group A) and 50 …

An overweight 65 year old woman visits her general practitioner with discomfort in her right
groin. On examination, the suggestion of a reducible groin lump is noted. She is routinely …

How did the idea for the book come? Here is the answer. Acute abdomen is still one of the
most exciting conditions in (emergency) surgery and medicine in general. The clinician …

Background Diabetes is a known risk factor for early postoperative complications. Even so,
the incidence of acute postoperative complications following routine hernia surgery is …

Femoral hernias are infrequently encountered groin hernias. The purpose of this study was
to describe the natural history of femoral hernias by evaluating patient demographics …

Objective We aimed to evaluate the causes of complications following surgery for inguinal
and femoral hernia, using surgical site infection (SSI) and recurrence rate as indicators of …

METHODS Review Studies in which the following outcomes measures were studied were
included: risk of incarceration and/or strangulation, mortality associated with elective and …

Background: Elective inguinal hernia repair as a day case is a safe and suitable procedure,
with well-recognized feasibility. The increasing number of elderly patients requiring inguinal …

Aim The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic resulted in a lockdown in South
East Scotland on 23 March 2020. This had an impact on the volume of benign elective …

Purpose If the pathogeneses of the development of a recurrence varies following the
different methods of hernia repair, the time required to develop a recurrence could be …