The Preperitoneal Prosthetic Approach for the Repair of Recurrent Inguinal Hernia Wantz Technique

Abstract

The major weak point of all surgical techniques for inguinal hernia repair is the possibility of recurrence. This problem has highly influenced hernia surgery since Bassini s technique, the most rational anatomic repair. It is only in the recent past that the incidence of recurrences has drastically dropped with the introduction of Shouldice repair, and above all using prosthetic material with anterior, preperitoneal, and laparoscopic approaches.