title: Groin hernia and surgical truth.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Surgeons have used many methods to repair groin hernia since 1889. In that year, both Halsted and Bassini described the first effective operation. All operative solutions to groin hernia since then have used a suture repair. The differences have been related to the anatomic structures that are joined by the sutures. Recently, laparoscopy has forced most surgeons to question their approach to groin hernia. Common questions are: Is laparoscopy superior? When should mesh be used? Which of the many available techniques give superior results?
  
  
  METHODS
  This review presents an opinion-based review of the classical and recent literature. In addition, this review considers the manner in which surgeons search for answers to such questions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The result of this search, for the author, is an acceptance of the mesh plug repair as superior to all others currently available.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: McGreevy
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D006119:Groin; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D016896:Treatment Outcome