Risk factors related to recurrence in inguinal hernia repair: a retrospective analysis.

The aim of this study was to analyze and evaluate the long-term recurrence rate and risk factors for inguinal hernia recurrence in patients treated by the Shouldice suture repair. A total of 293 hernias treated by Shouldice suture technique in 1992 were studied retrospectively. After a 10-year follow-up, 15 potential risk factors for recurrence were assessed in 142 patients undergoing 171 Shouldice repairs.

[Ileocecal invagination due to a benign small intestine tumor. A case report].

We report a case of postoperative ileocecal invagination in a 63-year-old male. Forty-six days after esophageal resection and gastric tube reconstruction with cervical anastomosis for an esophageal carcinoma, the patient suffered from colicky pain in the right abdomen. The diagnostics showed an ileocecal invagination up to the right flexure of the colon.

Caecal-diverticulitis: a rare differential diagnosis for right-sided lower abdominal pain.

Objective: There are several differential diagnoses for acute abdominal discomfort with pain referred to the right lower quadrant region. The objective of this report is to outline our experience with diverticulitis of the caecum, which is a rare condition that is particularly difficult to diagnose correctly pre-operatively.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of acute diverticulitis of the caecum was performed over the period from January 1992 to December 2000 within the Surgical Department of the RWTH Aachen, Germany.

[Meshes in inguinal hernia repair].

Repair of a groin hernia is strongly influenced by prosthetic mesh implantation carried out in nearly 50 % of all operations. Recurrency rates, however, did not decrease by this policy. Many different materials are available.