Surgical progress in inguinal and ventral incisional hernia repair.
The goals of this article are to describe the history of hernia repair and how innovations in surgical technique, prosthetics, and technology have shaped current practice.
Gray
Stephen H
SH
Section of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, KB 429, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Hawn
Mary T
MT
Itani
Kamal M F
KM
D000818:Animals; D046449:Hernia, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome