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Although the technique of plugging the inguinal canal to prevent the emergence of herniated tissue is almost two centuries years-old (1), it is only twenty- five years that the plug is part of the equipment of modern hernia surgery. Since 1974, when Lichtenstein and Shore have proposed the use of a “rolled cylindrical as cigarette mesh plug” in the surgical treatment of both femoral and recurrent inguinal hernias (2), this technique has extended its clinical indications and progressively spread, recording a significant increase over the last decade that has put it as an option to the onlay patch hernioplasty (3).
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Negro, P., D’Amore, L., Gossetti, F. (2004). Perfix® Plug Repair. In: New Procedures in Open Hernia Surgery. Springer, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-2-8178-0853-6_5
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