It is estimated that approximately one in four men and one in 20 women will develop an
inguinal hernia over the course of their lifetime. A non-mesh inguinal hernia repair via the …

Background Recurrence after incisional hernia repair is one of the major problems related
with this operation. Our objective is to analyze the influence of abdominal wall surgery …

Introduction The practice of inguinal hernia repair varies internationally. The global practice
of inguinal hernia repair study (GLACIER) aimed to capture these variations in open …

Background Hernia repairs are a commonly performed surgical procedure and the
Shouldice Repair of inguinal hernias has been well described before in terms of its …

Objective. This is a prospective study of 50 cases of inguinal hernias which were treated
through open inguinal hernia repair techniques. The study was conducted with the objective …

Abstract “The majority of hernias can be satisfactorily repaired by using the tissues at hand.
The use of mesh prosthesis should be restricted to those few hernias in which tension or …

Purpose This study aims to characterize the patterns of recurrence associated with specific
types of primary inguinal hernia repair techniques used for and their respective correlations …

Purpose Despite the frequency with which inguinal hernia repairs (IHR) are performed, the
real-world comparative effectiveness of laparoscopic versus open repairs is not well …

Problem definition: We investigate how the degree of standardization (DoS) across service
chain-belonging units impacts units' performance outcomes. We study this question in the …

Background The aim of this study was to analyze the impact of an abdominal wall surgery
unit on postoperative complications (within 90 days postoperatively), hernia recurrence and …