With the work of Bassini the era of modern treatment of the inguinal hernia began. Numerous modifications to the Bassini technique are based on the principle of layer-for-layer suturing of the ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DEAR DR. ROACH: Are there any nonsurgical ways to repair an inguinal hernia, ...

John Syng Dorsey [1] once stated: The large proportion of mankind who are afflicted with this complaint; -- the great variety of forms in which it appears; -- the fatality which results from its ...

IN 1889, Edward Bassini, of Italy, in prefacing his report on 251 cases of inguinal hernia, said: "After all that has been written with such feverish diligence up to the present time concerning the ...

A 59-year-old man presented to our hospital with lower abdominal pain and vomiting. During a detailed interview, he said that he had noted a lump over his left groin for approximately 3 years that had ...

An unusual bulge in the lower abdomen can cause severe pain and embarrassment, but doctors at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are on a mission to educate and treat patients one hernia at a ...

An inguinal hernia is a protrusion of an internal part of the body through a weakness in the abdominal wall in the groin. Inguinal hernias can be split into two types: indirect and direct. An indirect ...

A healthy 10-month-old girl was brought to the emergency department by her parents because of the sudden appearance of a mass in her right groin. Her parents had noticed the mass while changing her ...

Dear Dr. Roach: Are there any nonsurgical ways to repair an inguinal hernia, like exercise, diet or walking? I believe I caught mine early on. The mesh does not seem promising. — R.K. Dear R.K.: An ...