title: Long-term results of preperitoneal hernioplasty.
abstract: A long-term follow-up study (21-27 years) was performed on 134 patients with 142 inguinal or femoral hernias repaired with preperitoneal hernioplasty. Since their previous follow-up, 1/2-4 years postoperatively, there were nine more recurrences of hernia, viz. 1/12 in the group with direct-type, 8/116 in the indirect-type group, but 0/14 femoral hernias. Three of the eight recurrences in the indirect hernia group appeared many years after the primary operation and were found at reoperation to be of direct type.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Jönköping Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lindholm
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mågård
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nilsson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vestergaard Hansen
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006550:Hernia, Femoral / Q000601:surgery*; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D013997:Time Factors