“…The first reports on use of mesh with a slit were also promising [6,8,9,11,15], but recently published results have been less satisfactory with higher failure rates [14,19,20]. In a retrospective study, Muysoms et al [14] reported 8 recurrences in 11 patients repaired with the keyhole technique, but only 2 recurrences in the subsequent 13 patients after changing to the Sugarbaker technique.…”