Background: Despite the advent of innovative surgical platforms and operative techniques, a
definitive indication of the best surgical option for the treatment of unilateral primary inguinal …

Objectives To evaluate the benefits and harms of different inguinal and femoral hernia repair
techniques in adults, specifically comparing closure with mesh versus without mesh …

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

Abstract The European Hernia Society (EHS) is proud to present the EHS Guidelines for the
Treatment of Inguinal Hernia in Adult Patients. The Guidelines contain recommendations for …

Background One standard repair technique for groin hernias does not exist. The objective of
this study is to perform an update meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis to investigate if …

Currently available biomedical adhesives are mainly engineered to have one function (ie,
providing mechanical support for the repaired tissue). To improve the performance of …

Abstract Background Transabdominal Preperitoneal (TAPP) and Lichtenstein operation are
established methods for inguinal hernia repair in clinical practice. Meta-analyses of …

Methods The coordinator of the consensus development conference (HJB) and two
members of the consensus panel (BvdH and MMP) selected a group of 14 surgeons …

Background Data are insufficient to compare transabdominal preperitoneal repair (TAPP)
and total extraperitoneal (TEP) techniques of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair. There is …

Background: Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair (LIHR), using a transabdominal
preperitoneal (TAPP) or totally extraperitoneal (TEP) technique, is an alternative to …