Old but Gold: The Surgeon’s Affair to Manage Inguinal Hernia

Ureteral inguinal hernia: an uncommon trap for general surgeons

Inguinal hernias involving the ureter, a retroperitoneal structure, is an uncommon phenomenon. It can occur with or without obstructive uropathy, the latter posing a trap for the unassuming general surgeon performing a routine inguinal hernia repair. Ureteral inguinal hernia should be included as a differential when a clinical inguinal hernia is diagnosed concurrently with unexplained hydroneph...

Practical approach to inguinal hernia treatment--guidelines of the Association of Polish Surgeons.

Department of General, Oncological and Gastroenterological Surgery, University Hospital, Collegium Medicum Jagiellonian University in Cracow1 Kierownik: prof. dr hab. J. kulig Department of Anatomy, Collegium Medicum Jagiellonian University in Cracow2 Kierownik: prof. dr hab. J. Walocha 2nd Department of General Surgery, University Hospital, Collegium Medicum Jagiellonian University in Cracow3 ...

Inguinal Bladder Hernia in Female Patient

Inguinal Hernia in the Female

A questionnaire study on the surgeons' preferences for inguinal hernia repair after a decade.

During the 20th century, hernia repair trend changed several times. A very interesting competition has been going on between the opponents of Lichtenstein and laparoscopic repairs. We recently questioned the same issue by the same method to see if laparoscopic hernia repair found more opponents and preference rate in surgeons and physicians in Ankara, Turkey. In general 88.9% of the respondents...