Background: Since 2005, volunteer surgeons at the Canterbury Charity Hospital have performed Lichtenstein inguinal herniorrhaphies, using traditional heavyweight Prolene mesh, on some patients who were refused treatment by the local district health board because of service rationing. Long-term results were assessed by a postal survey, using a previously published, patient-completed questionnaire.
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