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An estimated 20 million inguinal hernia repairs are performed yearly worldwide, most of them through an open approach. Because a higher recurrence rate is often reported in tissue-based repairs, a majority of surgeons utilize the Lichtenstein tension-free mesh repair. Though serious postoperative complications are infrequent, chronic post-herniorrhaphy groin pain is more common. The operative steps of the Lichtenstein tension-free mesh repair are described in this chapter.
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Tan, W.H., Blatnik, J.A. (2018). Open Inguinal Hernia Repair. In: LaPinska, M., Blatnik, J. (eds) Surgical Principles in Inguinal Hernia Repair . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92892-0_6
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