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. Several factors influence the risk of recurrence after inguinal hernia surgery;
however, a systematic review and meta-analysis of patient-related risk factors for recurrence …

Purpose Recurrence after laparoscopic inguinal herniorrhaphy is poorly understood.
Reports suggest that up to 13% of all inguinal herniorrhaphies worldwide, irrespective of the …

Methods The coordinator of the consensus development conference (HJB) and two
members of the consensus panel (BvdH and MMP) selected a group of 14 surgeons …

Hypothesis Mesh repair is generally preferred for surgical correction of inguinal hernia,
although the merits of endoscopic techniques over open surgery are still debated. Herein …

Background: More than 20 million patients worldwide undergo groin hernia repair annually.
Every year more than 800,000 inguinal hernia repairs are performed in the United States …

Background On the basis of lower incidence of postoperative pain and faster recovery
compared with open techniques, the laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal patch …

Background Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair has emerged as a viable alternative to the
open procedure. To date, few studies have included validated measures of quality of life as …

Background The aim of the present study was to comparatively evaluate the outcomes of
laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair and totally extraperitoneal …

Introduction: In hernia surgery, too, the influence of the surgeon on the outcome can be
demonstrated. Therefore the role of the learning curve, supervised procedures by surgeons …