1. The functional repair of inguinal hernia

   • A. Guarnieri
   • F. Guarnieri
   • F. Moscatelli

   Original Articles Pages: 117 - 121

2. Announcements

   Announcement Pages: 122 - 122

3. Annandale's role in the development of preperitoneal groin herniorrhapy

   • R. C. Read

   Erratum Pages: 122 - 122

4. Diaphragm replacement: An experimental animal study

   • G. Steinau
   • B. Dreuw
   • V. Schumpelick

   Original Articles Pages: 123 - 127

5. Letter to the Editor

   • Parviz K. Amid

   Letter Pages: 128 - 128

6. Incisional abdominal hernia after median sternotomy. Repair with the use of Dacron mesh

   • J. L. Bouillot
   • A. Badawy
   • J. H. Alexandre

   Papers Pages: 129 - 130

7. Laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernias with wide prosthesis using Stoppa's principles: analysis of 920 sites operated in 800 patients

   • J. Leroy
   • R. Barthélémy

   Papers Pages: 131 - 138

8. The sheath of the rectus abdominis muscle: an anatomical and biomechanical study

   • A. M. Rath
   • J. Zhang
   • J. P. Chevrel

   Papers Pages: 139 - 142

9. Internal hernia. Report of nine cases

   • O. Armstrong
   • E. Letessier
   • J. C. Le Néel

   Papers Pages: 143 - 145

10. Endometriosis in an inguinal hernia

    • R. E. Gleeson
    • L. F. Horgan

    Case Reports Pages: 147 - 148

11. Spigelian hernia presenting as an incarcerated incisional hernia

    • T. Z. Nursal
    • M. Kologlu
    • O. Aran

    Case Reports Pages: 149 - 150

12. Edoardo Bassini (1844–1924)

    • I. M. Rutkow

    The History of Hernias Pages: 151 - 153

13. Hernia '97-Pared abdominaly suturas San Sebastian, Spain, September 3–5, 1997

    Congress Report Pages: 154 - 154

14. Review of the literature

    • JPC
    • AMR

    BookReview Pages: 155 - 156