...Gonish Hada; Sen Zhang; Yinghan Song; Mukesh Jaiswar; Yanyan Xie; Fushan Jian; Wenzhang Lei Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate the safety of an inguinal hernia repair (IHR) under local anesthesia (LA) in the elderly with a perioperative continuation of antithrombotic therapy (AT). Methods...

...Egle Kubiliute; Linas Venclauskas; Kristijonas Jasaitis; Ernestas Margelis; Mindaugas Kiudelis Background: Many different studies have compared open and laparoscopic-endoscopic inguinal hernia repair techniques according to intraoperative and postoperative complications, recurrence rates...

...Ferdinand Köckerling; Maarten P. Simons Summary With more than 20 million patients annually, inguinal hernia repair is one of the most often performed surgical procedures worldwide. The lifetime risk to develop an inguinal hernia is 27-43% for men and 3-6% for women. In spite of all advances, 11...

...Serdar Kuru; Abdullah Bulgurcu; Kemal Kismet; Ertugrul Ertas Background: Presence of vermiform appendix in an inguinal hernia, whether inflamed or not, is called Amyand's hernia. We present a case that was operated on for Amyand's hernia and discuss whether or not an appendectomy should...