A contribution to the principles of the surgery of inguinal hernia

Abstract

classified by them as 'new and independent carcinomas '. We admit that if such a ' transition zone ' were present this would be evidence in support of the tumour being a 'new and independent carcinoma ', but in many obvious primary carcinomas no ' transition zone ' can be detected. Therefore, although a closer study of the histology of the edge of a tumour may provide valuable information in some cases, it is unsafe to rely on this alone when attempting to distinguish between primary and secondary tumours.

The indirect inguinal hernia

“…The True Recurrence, that is, an indirect sac. Rains (1951). It is possible that in many instances a direct sac was present at the time of the operation, and was either not looked for or was missed.…”