title: [Progress in the treatment of inguinal hernia].
abstract: Modified Bassini's procedure until recently used to be the optional surgical approach to inguinal hernia at the authors' hospital. A ten-year retrospective study was conducted into 1,687 patients. Contact was actually established with 1,037 of them. Of these 762 returned a questionnaire sent to them, and 345 were available for clinical follow-up checks. These clinical examinations revealed a rate of recurrence of 7.2 per cent, following primary surgery. We have, therefore, changed our approach and have adopted a modified Shouldice procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department Chirurgie, Universität Basel, Kantonsspital.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Chevalley
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Grötzinger
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Harder
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D013536:Suture Techniques
vernacular_title: Entwicklung in der Behandlung der Leistenhernie.