Management of inguinal hernias by new technique of mesh plug repair

Abstract

Groin' hernias represent one of the most common procedures / performed in general hospitals. The rapid changes that have been witnessed in prosthetic materials, open approach surgeries, and laparoscopic techniques have made hernia surgery a most ' interesting field of endeavour that demands renewed discipline

and dedication .

r( With the new millennium the changes in our health care and health care systel? seem to accelerate. Surgery and surgeons are no longer: able to hide behind foreboding edifices and timeless I traditions. The changing pattern of surgery is to minimise hospital

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stay/and to be conducted on a day surgery basis.

In our study a review was done on the anatomical basies of I groin hernia repair, patho-physiology and clinical manifestations of groin (hernias, the classic methods using the open inguinal approach and the different methods of mesh repair. . 5