OBLIQUE INGUINAL HERNIA.

On Reparative Operations for the Cure of Oblique Inguinal Hernia

Certain conditions are essential before an operation is undertaken for the radical cure of hernia. Firstly, the operation must be safe as regards life, and it should be safe as far as the scrotal contents are concerned. Secondly, efficiency is necessary and simplicity desirable. These rules admit, however, of some qualification. 1 do not know of any surgeon who has done a large number of radica...

Inguinal Bladder Hernia in Female Patient

Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.

The safest and most effective inguinal hernia repair (laparoscopic versus open mesh) is being debated. As the authors point out, the former accounts for the minority of hernia repairs performed in the United States and around the world. The reasons for this are a demonstration in the literature of increased operative times, increased costs, and a longer learning curve. But the laparoscopic appr...

Inguinal Hernia in Infancy

Two opposing views are held regarding the nature of congenital inguinal hernia, one championed by Hamilton Russel and the other by Sir Arthur Keith. Russell believes that the presence of a developmental pocket of peritoneum is all that is required to produce a hernia. But in mammals, other than man, the cavity of the processus vaginalis remains patent throughout life, and in them congenital ing...

Amyand's hernia: a rare inguinal hernia

Inguinal hernia repair is commonplace in general surgery practice and an estimated 700 000 are performed each year in the USA. The presence of the vermiform appendix contained in the hernia sac, or an Amyand's hernia, is exceedingly rare, occurring in 1% of inguinal hernia patients. We report the intra-operative findings of a standard inguinal hernia repair and discuss the management of the fou...