1. Laparoscopic inguinal total extraperitoneal hernia repair under spinal anesthesia without mesh fixation in 1,220 hernia repairs

   • M. Ismail
   • P. Garg

   Original Article 13 November 2008 Pages: 115 - 119

2. Prolene Hernia System, Lichtenstein mesh and plug-and-patch for primary inguinal hernia repair: 3-year outcome of a prospective randomised controlled trial

   • J. Dalenbäck
   • C. Andersson
   • N. Wedel

   Original Article 13 November 2008 Pages: 121 - 129

   

3. Day-case inguinal hernia repair in the elderly: a surgical priority

   • M. Kurzer
   • A. Kark
   • S. T. Hussain

   Original Paper 26 November 2008 Pages: 131 - 136

   

4. Tension-free open hernia repair using an innovative self-gripping semi-resorbable mesh

   • P. Chastan

   Original Article 13 November 2008 Pages: 137 - 142

   

5. Challenges of giant ventral hernia repair in children in an African tertiary care center with limited resources

   • O. D. Osifo
   • A. C. Efobi

   Original Article 14 October 2008 Pages: 143 - 147

   

6. Inguinal hernia in Nigerian female children: beware of ovary and fallopian tube as contents

   • O. D. Osifo
   • M. E. Ovueni

   Original Article 08 November 2008 Pages: 149 - 153

   

7. The use of sterilised polyester mosquito net mesh for inguinal hernia repair in Ghana

   • M. G. Clarke
   • C. Oppong
   • A. N. Kingsnorth

   Original Article 16 December 2008 Pages: 155 - 159

   

8. Inguinal hernia repair with the peduncled fascial flap: a new surgical technique

   • R. Kuśnierczyk
   • W. Piątkowski
   • A. Wójcik

   Original Article 21 November 2008 Pages: 161 - 166

   

9. Polyvinylidene fluoride: a suitable mesh material for laparoscopic incisional and parastomal hernia repair!

   • D. Berger
   • M. Bientzle

   Original Article 14 October 2008 Pages: 167 - 172

10. Open suture versus mesh repair of primary incisional hernias: a cost–utility analysis

    • K. R. Finan
    • M. L. Kilgore
    • M. T. Hawn

    Original Article 14 January 2009 Pages: 173 - 182

    

11. Progressive pneumoperitoneum increases the length of abdominal muscles

    • F. Dumont
    • D. Fuks
    • J. M. Regimbeau

    Original Article 24 October 2008 Pages: 183 - 187

    

12. Biological and biomechanical assessment of a long-term bioresorbable silk-derived surgical mesh in an abdominal body wall defect model

    • R. L. Horan
    • D. S. Bramono
    • G. H. Altman

    Original Article 06 February 2009 Pages: 189 - 199

    

13. Hydrated vs. freeze-dried human acellular dermal matrix for hernia repair: a comparison in a rabbit model

    • J. S. Roth
    • D. D. Dexter
    • G. V. Bochicchio

    Original Article 21 November 2008 Pages: 201 - 207

    

14. Large congenital transmesenteric hernia: a missed small-bowel atresia?

    • C. Capito
    • J. Podevin
    • O. Armstrong

    Case Report 10 July 2008 Pages: 209 - 211

    

15. Pelvic leiomyoma presenting as perineal hernia

    • S. C. Sistla
    • R. Reddy
    • S. Elangovan

    Case Report 31 July 2008 Pages: 213 - 215

    

16. Internal hernia through an iatrogenic defect in the falciform ligament: a case report

    • M. Lakdawala
    • S. R. Chaube
    • A. Kanchwala

    Case Report 13 September 2008 Pages: 217 - 219

    

17. Marlex mesh mimicking an adnexal malignancy

    • M. A. Rettenmaier
    • S. Heinemann
    • B. H. Goldstein

    Case Report 16 September 2008 Pages: 221 - 223

    

18. Can preoperative diagnosis affect the choice of treatment in Amyand’s hernia? Report of a case

    • A. Karatas
    • O. Makay
    • Z. Salihoğlu

    Case Report 16 September 2008 Pages: 225 - 227

    

19. Amyand’s hernia in premature twins

    • E. Baldassarre
    • A. Centonze
    • R. Rubino

    Case Report 13 September 2008 Pages: 229 - 230

20. Invited commentary on: Jan Dalenbäck, Christer Andersson, Bengt Anesten, Stellan Björck, Stefan Eklund, Olof Magnusson, Gunnar Rimbäck, Bo Stenquist, and Nils Wedel (2008) Prolene Hernia System, Lichtenstein mesh and plug-and-patch for primary inguinal hernia repair: 3-year outcome of a prospective randomised controlled trial

    • J. R. DeBord

    Invited Commentary 24 February 2009 Pages: 231 - 231