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Inguinal hernia repair in adults
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 1994-08-06. It has received 188 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Inguinal hernia & Hernia.read more
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Laparoscopic techniques versus open techniques for inguinal hernia repair
TL;DR: Comparisons of open mesh techniques versus open non-mesh techniques have been considered in a separate Cochrane review, and time to event analysis for hernia recurrence and return to usual activities were performed on an intention to treat principle.
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Comparison of Conventional Anterior Surgery and Laparoscopic Surgery for Inguinal-Hernia Repair
M. S. L. Liem,Y. van der Graaf,C. J. Van Steensel,R. U. Boelhouwer,G. J. Clevers,W. S. Meijer,Laurents P. S. Stassen,J. P. Vente,W. F. Weidema,A. J. P. Schrijvers,T. J. M. V. Van Vroonhoven +10 more
TL;DR: Patients with inguinal hernias who undergo laparoscopic repair recover more rapidly and have fewer recurrences than those who undergo open surgical repair.
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Inguinal Hernia Repair: Incidence of Elective and Emergency Surgery, Readmission and Mortality
TL;DR: The lifetime 'risk' of inguinal hernia repair is high: at currently prevailing rates it is estimated at 27% for men and 3% for women, and there is significant elevation of mortality after emergency operations.
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Cooperative hernia study. Pain in the postrepair patient
Johann Cunningham,Walley J. Temple,Philip Mitchell,James A. Nixon,Roy M. Preshaw,Neil A. Hagen +5 more
TL;DR: Pain or numbness are common late sequelae of traditional external surgical hernia repairs and strategies need to be developed to reduce the risk of these complications.
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The European hernia society groin hernia classication: simple and easy to remember
Marc Miserez,J.H. Alexandre,Giampiero Campanelli,Francesco Corcione,Diego Cuccurullo,M. Hidalgo Pascual,A. Hoeferlin,Andrew N. Kingsnorth,V. Mandala,J. P. Palot,Volker Schumpelick,R. K. J. Simmermacher,R. Stoppa,J.B. Flament +13 more
TL;DR: An easy and simple classification based on the Aachen classification is proposed for groin hernias to promote the general and systematic use for intraoperative description of the type of hernia and to increase the comparison of results in the literature.
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The treatment of complicated groin and incisional hernias
TL;DR: The state of hernial surgery has advanced to the point that one must consider the systematic surgical cure of all diagnosed hernias, and the general features and diagnostic and technical consequences of the repair of groin and incisionalHernias are considered.
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Tension-free inguinal herniorrhaphy : a preliminary report on the mesh plug technique
Ira M. Rutkow,A W Robbins +1 more
TL;DR: Compared with conventional sutured surgical techniques, a plug repair uses less overall dissection and ensures a "tension-free" hernioplasty and lessened overall complication rates with the mesh hernia plug technique.
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Laparoscopic versus open inguinal hernia repair: randomised prospective trial.
TL;DR: It is suggested that laparoscopic hernia Repair induces less pain than open hernia repair, and enables patients to return to normal activity and work more quickly.
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Demographic, classificatory, and socioeconomic aspects of hernia repair in the United States.
Ira M. Rutkow,Alan W. Robbins +1 more
TL;DR: Because of the increasing number of hernioplasties completed in the outpatient setting, the use of a laparoscopic approach for hernia repair does not appear to provide any cost-saving benefits over existing conventional techniques.
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Management of indirect inguinal hernias by laparoscopic closure of the neck of the sac
TL;DR: Fifteen animals with indirect inguinal hernias were treated by closure of the abdominal opening of the patent processus vaginalis by the application of staples laparoscopically, confirming those obtained in a previous study.