title: Current practices in adult groin hernias: a survey of Japanese general surgeons.
abstract: The tendency to perform abdominal wall reinforcement using various types of mesh (tension-free repair) is increasing. A questionnaire to poll Japanese surgeons on their current surgical modalities for groin hernias was sent to 105 hospitals and was returned by 83 hospitals. The majority (83%) of responders to this survey supported the tension-free repair as a standard operation for adult groin hernias. Of these 69 tension-free repairs, the mesh-plug repair was the most frequent standard operation ( n = 53, 64%) and was performed by all responders. Ten (12%) opted for the prolene hernia system (PHS) repair as a standard operation and 52% of responders had experience of the PHS repair. Laparoscopic repair was performed as a standard operation by only one responder and was performed by only 34% of responders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Gifu Red Cross Hospital, 3-36 Iwakura-cho, Gifu 502-8511, Japan.
authors.forename: Atsuyoshi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Onitsuka
authors.forename: Yoshifumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katagiri
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kiyama
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yasunaga
authors.forename: Hiromichi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mimoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003625:Data Collection; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D013526:Surgical Mesh