Abstract:Inguinal hernias are a common clinical condition that is present to the surgical clinic and open inguinal hernias repairs are one of the most common operations that are performed by general surgeons. Open inguinal hernia repairs have evolved from tension repairs like the Bassini and darning repair to the shouldice repair. As these procedures were under tension and hence the recurrence rates were high. The Lichtenstein repair was a tension free repair that uses mesh, revolutionized hernia repair as the procedur… Show more
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