We have carefully analyzed the causes of recurrence in our 1,211 hernioplasties performed
over a 22-year period. In addition to recording our overall recurrence rate, we have divided …

Primary Inguinal Hernioplasty in the Adult Page 1 Symposium on Surgery of Hernia Primary
Inguinal Hernioplasty in the Adult Louis T. Palumbo, MD.,* and Wendell S. Sharpe, MD …

Tıs wok began as a study of the normal anatomy of the inguino-femoral region because of
conflicting descriptions of the transversalis fascia, the falx inguinalis and other structures in …

• The treatment of recurrent inguinal hernia by classical hernioplasty, ie, via the anterior
approach and using endogenous tissue for repair, was evaluated in 163 patients operated …

IT IS the purpose of this brief communication to present a concept of the anatomic defect that
exists in the various types of groin hernias and to outline a method for their correction which …

Current Problems in Surgery last presented a monograph on inguinal hernia, by Chester B.
McVay, Raymond C. Read, and Mark M. Ravitch, in 1967.'Twenty-four years later, we again …

This paper is based on 15,000 hernia repairs performed by the author at the Shouldice
Hospital, Toronto. Experience with more than 75,000 consecutive herniorrhaphies …

The complications specific to inguinal hernioplasty are addressed with an emphasis on their
incidence, importance to the patient, and avoidance, if possible. The major portion of this …

J ust now most of the so-calledradical-cure operations are under a cloud. They have not
withstood the test of time. Modern text-books of surgery refer to operations for the radical …

Of 285 consecutively operated inguinal hernias in 274 patients 87.4% were clinically
examined after three years by two independent investigators. The operations were …