We randomly assigned men with inguinal ... hernia (primary or recurrent) (P=0.012) but not between treatment group and whether the hernia was unilateral or bilateral (P=0.29). With respect to the ...

Oct. 18, 2004 — Surgeons prefer the mesh plug repair technique for inguinal hernia repair over the Lichtenstein or Prolene Hernia System, according to the results of a randomized trial published ...

December 15, 2011 — A large retrospective review of Swedish patients who underwent surgical treatment for inguinal hernia ... clinical problem after mesh hernia repair," the authors write.

The instruments to repair the hernia are inserted through other small incisions in the lower abdomen. Mesh is then placed over the defect to reinforce the belly wall. There are many things to think ...

Numerous repair methods have been introduced for inguinal hernia in the country, but mesh repairs such as laparoscopic procedures are also used widely. In the laparoscopic procedure, anesthesia is ...

5. Mahon D, Decadt B, Rhodes M. Prospective randomized trial of laparoscopic (transabdominal preperitoneal) versus open (mesh) repair for bilateral and recurrent inguinal hernia. Surg Endosc 2003; 17: ...

An ultrasound showed it was an inguinal, or groin, hernia. My primary-care ... of a minimally invasive laparoscopic bilateral repair using synthetic mesh secured with tacks—made from a polymer ...

There are two types: inguinal and femoral ... A surgical hernia repair involves pushing the bulge back inside the body part that should contain it using mesh, and keeping it there.