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  • Title: The surgical repair of inguinal and femoral hernias.
    Author: Glassow F.
    Journal: Can Med Assoc J; 1973 Feb 03; 108(3):308-13. PubMed ID: 4691092.
    Abstract:
    This paper is based on 15,000 hernia repairs performed by the author at the Shouldice Hospital, Toronto. Experience with more than 75,000 consecutive herniorrhaphies performed in this hospital from 1945 to 1970 is reviewed in four parts - statistics, including recurrence rates; the management of the patient with a primary uncomplicated hernia, emphasizing in particular the preoperative phase, the sedation given, the local anesthetic used in 95% of cases and the postoperative phase; the technique of repair of a primary inguinal hernia; and a review of experience with primary and recurrent femoral hernias, emphasizing the different problems in men and women, and describing the technique of femoral repair.
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