The last edition of this chapter started out with the question “operation or truss?” The
retention and compression of reducible hernias by truss or corsage is at least 4,000 years …

“Besides the surgical and anesthetic techniques used, the rate of recurrence also depends
on the quality of follow-up of patients including duration of follow-up (median and range) …

This review examines available data concerning the natural history of treated and untreated
inguinal hernias. The incidence of complications with either treatment strategy is discussed …

Register-based observational studies in inguinal hernia repair deliver real-world data from
very large patient populations and give answers to important clinical questions never …

The famous statement of Edoardo Bassini still appears very relevant. Is it useful to talk about
hernia today? Is it useful to dedicate to hernia repair, a so-called minor surgery, a biennial …

It may seem strange that, after centuries of effort to understand and cope with a condition
that affects more than 750,000 adults yearly in the United States alone, new methods of …

Few surgical diagnoses have the degree of impact on the worldwide healthcare system as
that of the inguinal hernia. It is estimated that approximately 20 million inguinal hernia …

Inguinal hernias show a considerable variability in size and morphology. Hernia repair can
be performed with good results using standard procedures or techniques with prosthetic …

In the last 10 years, in Italy a rapid evolution has occurred from the “traditional”
herniorraphies (Bassini, Shouldice) toward prosthetic techniques and outpatient procedures …

-With around 30,000 interventions a year, correction of an inguinal hernia is one of the most
commonly performed surgeries in the Netherlands. One would therefore expect the same …