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Astley Cooper (1804), in the preface to his classic monograph on the anatomy and surgical treatment of hernia [1], wrote, ”No disease of the human body belonging to the province of the surgeon, requires in its treatment a greater combination of accurate anatomical knowledge with surgical skill, than hernia in all of its varieties.“ More recently, in 1989 George Wantz states, ”The outcome of an inguinal hernioplasty is more dependent on the skills and experience of the surgeon than on the type of repair“ [2]. In 2006, Gilbert et al. [3] averred, ”The use of any mesh product to repair a hernial defect will never supplant the need to fully know and utilize the layers, planes and spaces of the abdomen.“ The purpose of this chapter is to document evidence supporting these judgments.
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Read, R.C. (2010). Who Has the Major Role in Hernia Surgery: The Surgeon or the Material?. In: Schumpelick, V., Fitzgibbons, R.J. (eds) Hernia Repair Sequelae. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11541-7_60
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