title: [Preliminary results of a new technique for inguinal hernia repair].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  An original technique for the treatment of inguinal hernia is described: this operative technique consists of a Marlex (mono-filament knitted polypropylene) mesh sutured in the preperitoneal space under the fascia trasversalis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 202 hernioplasties have been treated: 100 of these have been controlled after six months to detect complications and recurrencies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One recurrency (1%) was found. No previous selection of patients was done. The mesh-repair is simple, rapid, and causes less discomfort than conventional sutured herniorraphy. This technique is compared with the other tension-free mesh hernioplasties.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This operative technique is a prophylaxis for the femoral hernia described as later complication of other techniques.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Gastroenterologia, USL 1 Imperiese, Ospedale Civile, Sanremo, Imperia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gramegna
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trimarchi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nocita
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Secondo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013526:Surgical Mesh