ArticleSurgery open science2024
Inguinal hernia: Lichtenstein VS Shouldice technique repair: A randomized controlled trial.
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- Chronic pain after Shouldice versus Lichtenstein inguinal hernia repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Is laparoscopy better? A Meta-analysis comparing laparoscopic and open inguinal hernia repair across 4,000 patients.BMC surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical Heterogeneity in Inguinal Hernia Repair and the Need for Tailored Management: A Retrospective Observational Study of Postoperative Complications and Hospitalization Duration.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
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- Retrospective comparative cohort analysis of Darn and Lichtenstein repair methods for bilateral inguinal hernias in adult males in a low-resource setting: a single-centre study in Sudan.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
- Reactive Scrotal Hydrocele Secondary to Hematoma: A Complication of Laparoscopic Transabdominal Preperitoneal Inguinal Hernioplasty-A Report of Two Cases.Case reports in surgery · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Inguinal hernia repair is the most frequent operation in general surgery. The chance of a person having to undergo an inguinal hernia operation during his/her life is quite high, 27 % in men and 3 % in women. European Hernia Society guidelines state that the Lichtenstein technique (mesh-based repair) is the standard treatment of elective inguinal hernia in adults. Some authors consider the Shouldice technique (tissue-based repair) the best conventional method for open hernia repair. In this study, we compared these two methods. Methods: In This randomized study, 452 patients were randomly allocated into 2 groups. 51 patients were lost during follow-up period and were excluded from further analysis in the study. Finally, the analyzed patients were 183 patients in Shouldice technique group and 218 patients in Lichtenstein technique group. All patients were examined after 1 week, 1, 3 months, 1, 2, and 3 years after the operation date. Results: After 3 years follow up Recurrence of hernia in Shouldice technique group was 7.1 % and in Lichtenstein technique group was 3 % with significant differences ( Conclusion: It seems that inguinal hernia treatment by the Lichtenstein technique is better than the Shouldice technique in elective patients.
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