Inguinal hernia: the quest for the best repair.
| Autor: | Ismaila BO; Department of Surgery, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos Plateau State, Nigeria. bashomeiza@gmail.com, Misauno MA, Ojo EO |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Nigerian journal of medicine : journal of the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria [Niger J Med] 2010 Oct-Dec; Vol. 19 (4), pp. 369-73. |
| DOI: | 10.4314/njm.v19i4.61958 |
| Abstrakt: | Background: Inguinal hernia repair may be the most common procedure in general surgery. Many repairs have been described but none appears completely satisfactory. A brief look at the popular methods of repair from the traditional tissue approximation to the current mesh-based techniques is presented. Methods: The PubMed database was searched for all English language literature. Further references were obtained through cross-referencing the bibliography cited in each work and using books from the authors' collection. Conclusion: The history of inguinal hernia is a rich one, from the traditional tissue approximation techniques to the current mesh-based repairs which are now performed as open or laparoscopic procedures. Recurrent rates have reduced but are still a problem. Perhaps the perfect repair remains elusive because the problem may also be with patients' collagen not just the surgical procedure. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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