TY - JOUR
T1 - Open Repair of Inguinal Hernia
T2 - An Evidence-Based Review
AU - Woods, Benjamin
AU - Neumayer, Leigh
PY - 2008/2
Y1 - 2008/2
N2 - This article provides an evidence-based review of open hernia repair. Technical considerations in general, including perioperative management of the patient, and the most currently used open repairs are addressed. Outcomes after repair are reviewed using the latest available literature. Current recommendations from this review include the routine use of mesh in primary repair of inguinal hernia and the need to counsel patients preoperatively about the risk of chronic postoperative groin pain.
AB - This article provides an evidence-based review of open hernia repair. Technical considerations in general, including perioperative management of the patient, and the most currently used open repairs are addressed. Outcomes after repair are reviewed using the latest available literature. Current recommendations from this review include the routine use of mesh in primary repair of inguinal hernia and the need to counsel patients preoperatively about the risk of chronic postoperative groin pain.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.suc.2007.11.005
DO - 10.1016/j.suc.2007.11.005
M3 - Review article
C2 - 18267167
AN - SCOPUS:38949214764
SN - 0039-6109
VL - 88
SP - 139
EP - 155
JO - Surgical Clinics of North America
JF - Surgical Clinics of North America
IS - 1
ER -