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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"groin hernia"”.
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Recurrent groin hernia - Outcome after surgery
Background: According to the Swedish Hernia Register (SHR), the reoperation rate after recurrent groin hernia is more than twice that following primary hernia repair. Aims: To study the impact of method of mesh repair used in recurrent groin hernia surgery on re-recurrence as well as chronic pain …
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An audit of emergency hernia operations: Surrogate of system failure or incidentalomas?
Background: Hernia emergencies common surgery. Around 20 million groin hernia operations occur world-wide, and these form 70% of all hernia operations. Incisional hernias complicate 15- 30% of laparotomies and 20% of these present as emergencies. Watchful waiting is often applied for groin, ventral …
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Male inguinal hernia repair with mesh. Short- and long-term results and the question of infertility.
… In the nineties, the patients with inguinal hernias were exposed to several newly developed repair techniques using alloplastic mesh prosthesis. Although the scientific knowledge was limited, the new techniques were rapidly introduced due to surgical enthusiasm, but also by an eagerness to …
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Management of asymptomatic inguinal hernias
Hernia surgery remains one of the most common operations carried out by general surgeons worldwide with more than 800,000 repairs performed in the USA alone in 2003. Advancement in surgical technique has meant fewer recurrences are now encountered with figures dropping to less than 2% using the …