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

Background: To date, there are few studies and no systematic reviews focusing specifically
on groin hernia in women. Most of the existing knowledge comes from registry data …

Abstract Background Chronic pain affects 10%–12% of patients after inguinal hernia repairs.
Some have suggested that less foreign material may theoretically prevent pain. If the …

Background The robotic approach to an inguinal hernia has not been compared head to
head with the open and laparoscopic techniques in randomized controlled trials …

Introduction For many years the Shouldice technique was the gold standard for inguinal
hernia repair. Nowadays mesh repair has been proven to entail better results in randomized …

In this Commentary, we explain the case for a standardized cesarean delivery surgical
technique. There are three strong arguments for a standardized approach to cesarean …

Open inguinal hernia repair remains the most universal, ubiquitous, reliable, and cost-
effective method of addressing the global burden of groin hernias. Advances in anatomic …

Background In the new international guidelines only the mesh-based Lichtenstein, TEP and
TAPP techniques are recommended. This present analysis of data from the Herniamed …

Purpose One of the most important measures of success of open inguinal herniorrhaphy is
the incidence of recurrence. Reports suggest that up to 13% of all inguinal hernia repairs …

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 expertise in …