In the past decade hernia surgery has been challenged by two new technologies: by
laparoscopy, which has attempted to change the traditional open operative techniques, and …

Since the introduction of the Bassini method in 1887, more than 70 types of pure tissue
repair have been reported in the surgical literature. An unacceptable recurrence rate and …

To circumvent the degenerative nature of inguinal hernias and adverse effect of suture line
tension, the Lichtenstein tension-free hernioplasty began in 1984 and evolved (between …

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 …

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Wound infiltration with local anaesthetics is a simple, effective and inexpensive means of
providing good analgesia for a variety of surgical procedures without any major side‐effects …

Background: Hernia surgery is one of the most frequent procedures done by surgeons–
paediatric and general surgeons–in the African continent. Objective: To review the surgical …

Inguinal hernias are common; the lifetime risk for men is 27% and for women 3%. 1 It has
been estimated that worldwide over 20 million repairs of inguinal hernia are carried out each …

New Understanding of the Causes and Surgical Treatment of Po... : Journal of the American
College of Surgeons New Understanding of the Causes and Surgical Treatment of …

Background Most surgeons favour the use of a mesh for open inguinal hernia repair as it
has a low recurrence rate. Procedures used most frequently are the Lichtenstein method …