[Surgery of inguinal hernia in the elderly].
The authors report their 14 years experiences with inguinal hernia repair in elderly. The result were compared with young (< 75 years old), and confirmed that there were no significant differences between the 2 groups. The study confirmed the safety and effectiveness of the "tension-free" technique under local anaesthesia, which is proposed as the treatment of choice in elderly.
Lo Schiavo
M G
MG
Dipartimento di Discipline Chirurgiche Generali e Speciali,  U.O. di Chirurgia Generale VI, Università degli Studi di Messina.
Tonante
A
A
Taranto
F
F
D'Alia
C
C
Gagliano
E
E
Bonanno
L
L
Di Giuseppe
G
G
Pagano
D
D
Sturniolo
G
G
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods*