IN 1889, Edward Bassini, of Italy, in prefacing his report on 251 cases of inguinal hernia, said: "After all that has been written with such feverish diligence up to the present time concerning the ...

TORSION of the spermatic cord resulted in loss of the involved testis in approximately 75 per cent of cases reviewed in the literature by Riba and Schmidlapp. 1 Indifference on the part of the ...

ST. LOUIS – A hernia occurs when an organ pushes through an opening in the muscle or tissue that holds it in place. Hernias occur because of weakened areas in the abdominal walls or groin area. The ...

Two study groups have proposed novel surgical interventions to prevent inguinal hernia—a complication of radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP). Stranne et al. recommend surgical narrowing of the ...

Rigid and semirigid preshaped Hertra® 1, 2 and 2A meshes are used to repair inguinal hernias in open surgery, and are easily and rapidly positioned as a result of their rigidity and shape-memory ...

An inguinal hernia is a lump in the groin region, caused by the protrusion of the abdominal cavity fat or intestine, along with its peritoneal covering, and associated fluid, through the abdominal ...

The spermatic cord is actually a bundle of fibers and tissues that form a cord-like structure that runs through the abdominal region down to the testicles in males. This cord is present as a pair, ...