The Trabucco technique in the treatment of inguinal hernias; A six-year experience.
BACKGROUND
The introduction of both polypropylene prosthesis and the new tension-free methods for the treatment of inguinal hernias, induced us to choose the Trabucco technique since August 1994.


METHODS
Up to April 2001 983 inguinal hernia repairs were carried out in 825 patients, 948 with the Trabucco technique.


RESULTS
Minor complications (hematoma, seroma, inguino-crural pain) were 42 (5.1%) with no wound infections. There were 3 relapses (0.36%), one treated in an other hospital and the other two were surgically treated because of the small dimension of the hernia and they were not troublesome for the patients, although they were strictly controlled.


CONCLUSIONS
In spite of the limited follow-up period, there is satisfaction for the short-term period outcomes which showed the superiority of the Trabucco method compared with the traditional techniques both as to hospitalization and good recovery and to the early relapse.
Cucci
M
M
Unità Operativa di Chirurgia Generale, ASL di Pescara, Ospedale S. Massimo, Penne (Pescara), Italy. m_cucci@yahoo.com
De Carlo
A
A
Di Luzio
P
P
Masella
M
M
Casciani
E
E
D'Amico
G
G
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D013997:Time Factors