A “New” Nonmesh Technique for Inguinal Hernia Repair: Revisiting E. Wyllys Andrews and His Imbricating Operation-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A “New” Nonmesh Technique for Inguinal Hernia Repair: Revisiting E. Wyllys Andrews and His Imbricating Operation

Published:2023-06-29 Issue:3 Volume:4 Page:e310
ISSN:2691-3593
Container-title:Annals of Surgery Open
language:en
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Author:

Yerxa John¹,Wang Hanghang²,Pappas Theodore N.³

Affiliation:

1. Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, University of Miami/Jackson Health System, Miami, FL

2. Division of Thoracic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

3. Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.

Abstract

The use of prosthetic mesh to repair inguinal hernias has been common practice at surgical centers around the world for more than 30 years. Open tissue repairs are the alternative for patients who cannot have, do not want, or are not offered mesh. Open tissue repairs are troubled by inferior recurrence rates in most clinical trials. In this article, we will review a long-forgotten tissue repair described by Andrews in 1895. In addition, we report on our early experience with the Andrews technique for primary inguinal hernia tissue repair.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Subject

Pharmacology (medical),Complementary and alternative medicine,Pharmaceutical Science

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