title: Surgical progress in inguinal and ventral incisional hernia repair.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Section of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, KB 429, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: Mary T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Hawn
authors.forename: Kamal M F
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Itani
mesh_terms: 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