[Inguinal hernia surgery. Review of a caseload and description of a technique variation]. / Chirurgia dell'ernia inguinale. Revisione casistica e presentazione di una variante tecnica.

BACKGROUND: To evaluate the efficacy of the tension free surgical technique for the treatment inguinal hernia. METHODS: The authors propose personal experience of 172 patients, treated for inguinal hernia in the period from 1986 to 1993, selecting two patients groups. In the first group the patients (80 cases) were treated with traditional hernioplasty, in the second group (92 cases) hernioplasty tension-free was performed. RESULTS: In the first group 6 cases of recurrence (6.7%), have been observed and in the second group only one case. CONCLUSIONS: The results obtained, and literature survey show the advantages of hernioplasty tension-free.