1. New Editor-in-Chief

   • Robert J. Fitzgibbons Jr

   Editorial 23 September 2006 Pages: 373 - 375

2. Operation Hernia to Ghana

   • A. N. Kingsnorth
   • C. Oppong
   • R. Simmermacher

   Personal Experience 16 August 2006 Pages: 376 - 379

   

3. Incisional hernia treatment with polypropylene graft: results of 10 years

   • H. Y. Mahmoud Uslu
   • A. B. Erkek
   • E. Kuterdem

   Original Article 14 July 2006 Pages: 380 - 384

   

4. Hernioplasty with bilayer polypropylene mesh: a new tension-free technique

   • J. P. Zhou
   • L. Zhang
   • Q. Liu

   Original Article 12 July 2006 Pages: 385 - 388

   

5. Open inguinal hernia repair by plug and patch: the value of fibrin sealant fixation

   • E. I. Benizri
   • A. Rahili
   • D. Benchimol

   Original Article 20 July 2006 Pages: 389 - 394

   

6. The outcomes of open tension-free hernioplasty in elderly patients

   • Marcelo A. Beltrán
   • Karina S. Cruces

   Original Article 17 August 2006 Pages: 395 - 400

   

7. The new 4DDome prosthesis: an original light and partially absorbable composite mesh for hernia repair

   • J. L. Leroy
   • D. Mutter
   • J. Marescaux

   Original Article 13 September 2006 Pages: 401 - 408

   

8. Intraperitoneal tension-free repair of small midline ventral abdominal wall hernias with a Ventralex hernia patch: initial experience in 51 patients

   • H. I. A. Hadi
   • A. Maw
   • P. Kumar

   Original Article 24 August 2006 Pages: 409 - 413

   

9. Laparoscopic cure of small ventral hernias with composite mesh

   • H. Johanet
   • A. Dabrowski
   • Club Coelio

   Original Article 26 September 2006 Pages: 414 - 418

   

10. Ventral herniorrhaphy: experience with two different biosynthetic mesh materials, Surgisis and Alloderm

    • A. Gupta
    • K. Zahriya
    • A. Keshishian

    Original Article 22 August 2006 Pages: 419 - 425

    

11. Impact of peritoneal tears on the outcome and late results (4 years) of endoscopic totally extra-peritoneal inguinal hernioplasty

    • G. Muzio
    • K. Bernard
    • G. Champault

    Original Article 24 August 2006 Pages: 426 - 429

12. Primary perineal hernia: a case report and review of the literature

    • A. Preiß
    • B. Herbig
    • A. Dörner

    Case Report 21 July 2006 Pages: 430 - 433

    

13. Incarcerated inguinal hernia presenting as spontaneous scrotal fecal fistula

    • M. Koshariya
    • S. Naik
    • A. Rai

    Case Report 08 August 2006 Pages: 434 - 435

    

14. Sigmoid colonic fistula secondary to Perfix-plug, left inguinal hernia repair

    • J. W. Murphy
    • D. C. Misra
    • B. Silverglide

    Case Report 05 August 2006 Pages: 436 - 438

    

15. A case of a large retroperitoneal liposarcoma presenting as an incarcerated inguinal hernia

    • Y. Mizuno
    • Y. Sumi
    • H. Matsutomo

    Case Report 22 August 2006 Pages: 439 - 442

    

16. Ipsilateral Aymand’s and Richter’s hernia, complicated by necrosing fascitis

    • Javier Kuri Osorio
    • G. Guzmán-Valdivia

    Case Report 16 August 2006 Pages: 443 - 446

    

17. Pelissier EP(2006) Inguinal hernia: preperitoneal placement of a memory-ring patch by anterior approach. Preliminary experience. Hernia 10:248–252

    • G. L. Williams
    • E. S. McKain
    • B. M. Stephenson

    Letter to the Editor 08 August 2006 Pages: 447 - 447

18. Response to Drs. Williams, McKain and Stephenson

    • Edouard P. Pélissier

    Reply 02 August 2006 Pages: 448 - 448

19. The herniosis theory and the fate of a hernia following the removal of an infected mesh

    • Anestis Ninos

    Letter to the Editor 16 August 2006 Pages: 449 - 450

20. Authors reply to a letter to the editor sent by Anestis Ninos

    • Adeshina Fawole
    • R. P. C. Chaparala
    • N. S. Ambrose

    Reply 16 August 2006 Pages: 451 - 451

21. Robert Bendavid, Patricia Cunningham (eds) The surgical anatomy of hernias of the groin by Henri Fruchaud

    • Raymond C. Read

    Book Review 03 August 2006 Pages: 452 - 452