Abstract:INTRODUCTIONLichtenstein was first to coin the term "tension-free hernioplasty" in his book "Hernia repair without disability".1 All direct, indirect and recurrent adult hernias can be repaired by this procedure. The most important of all advantages of the Lichtenstein repair is the dramatically low recurrence rate, ease of operative technique and low infection rate.2 But Wantz warns in his study titled as "Experience with tension-free hernioplasty for primary inguinal hernias in men" that though this procedur… Show more
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