title: [Surgery for inguinal hernia in Germany 1992: a survey of 1,656 German clinics].
abstract: A questionnaire of 1656 German surgical departments shows the preferentially applied procedures: in hernia of childhood Rehbein/Grob (24.1%) and Gross/Ferguson (24.4%). In primary hernia of adults Shouldice repair (47.7%), in recurrent hernia Shouldice-repair as well. McVay, mesh or plug-techniques are applied only for problematic cases of recurrent hernia. Laparoscopic hernia-repair is accepted in less than 10% of clinics.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik, Medizinischen Fakultät, RWTH Aachen.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Töns
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Muck-Töns
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Schumpelick
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006306:Health Surveys; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009919:Orchiectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D013526:Surgical Mesh