Hernia treatment has been a challenge to surgeons for more than 2000 years. Modern hernia surgery started in Italy, more than 100 years ago, with Eduardo Bassini's presentation of a new method of repair. Bassini did not just invent a new method of inguinal hernia repair [1]; one of his major contributions was that he performed adequate audit and follow-up of patients [2]. Notable improvements in herniology after that were the development of the Shouldice technique and the introduction of prosthetic mesh. © 2007 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
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Haapaniemi, S., Nordin, P., Itani, K. M. F., Pointner, R., Granderath, F. A., & Sarr, M. G. (2007). Present state of failure rates (clinical studies and epidemiological database, short- and long-term). In Recurrent Hernia: Prevention and Treatment (pp. 3–25). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68988-1_1
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