title: [The employment of an original ring handle forceps in anterior repair of the primitive inguinal hernia].
abstract: The Authors propose the employment of an original dissecting and ribbon-carrier bevelled ring handle forceps in inguinal prosthetic tension-free hernioplasty with mini-inguinotomy. The surgical instrument, of stainless steel and 16 centimetres long, consists of two jaws with ring handle, ratchets and box lock nearly identical to those of common surgical instruments; is slightly curved in his distant part, where shows a large bevelled end and a large seizing, entirely original. The peculiar surgical instrument gives possibility to operator to make easily and delicately the atraumatic mobilization in proximity to the pubic tubercle of the spermatic cord from the back wall of the inguinal passage, in place of the index finger hook-shaped who, used roughly and by pulling in large incisions, cannot be used instead in the mini-incisions because of limited available space in the surgical site. On end, the new ring handle forceps allows to keep in suspension the spermatic cord by rubber ribbon more simply and rapidly than the usual big ligature-carrier. On the whole, the dissecting and ribbon-carrier bevelled ring handle forceps, whose the Authors use habitually the prototype in inguinal prosthetic tension-free hernioplasty with mini-inguinotomy, allows the execution of easy, prudent, elegant, precise, effective and above all safe surgical gestures.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Messina, Scuola di Specializzazione in Chirurgia Generale I.
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Angiò
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Piazzese
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pacilè
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fiumara
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bonsignore
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Viggiani
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013525:Surgical Instruments