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To the Editor: The study by Liem et al. (May 29 issue)¹ comparing laparoscopic surgery with conventional surgery for inguinal-hernia repair demonstrated an advantage of laparoscopic repair in terms of recurrences and recovery. However, only 3 percent of the patients in the conventional-surgery group underwent open, tension-free repairs with mesh prostheses. This type of operation has become widely used in recent years by many surgeons and has a more favorable outcome than the classic Bassini open technique or its modifications. For example, of 3480 patients with primary inguinal hernias repaired with an open, tension-free method and with the use of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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