Purpose Some paediatric surgical diseases showed a declining incidence in recent years,
among which hypertrophic pyloric stenosis has been particularly striking shortly in the years …

Purpose Laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal hernia repair (TEP) is a widely used treatment
for inguinal hernia. Single-incision laparoscopic TEP (SILTEP) has attracted the attention of …

Background and Objectives: Inguinal hernia is a common surgical disease. Traditional open
herniorrhaphy has been replaced by laparoscopic herniorrhaphy. Nowadays, many attempts …

Purpose The incidence of gallstone disease and cholecystectomy is increasing worldwide.
The aim of this study was to determine trends in the incidence of cholecystectomy in Korea …

Background/purpose Circumcisions are among the most frequent operations in children.
Health service data on circumcision in the United States has documented an increase in …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Abdominal wall hernia is one of the most common surgical
pathologies. The advent of minimally invasive surgery raised questions about the best …

Purpose We conducted a multi-institutional analysis to establish the epidemiological
characteristics of recurrent inguinal hernia following hernia repair in patients across 4 …

Introduction Seroma is a commonly encountered sequela after hernia repair. Tremendous
effort has been spent to investigate the effective way to prevent this “complication” including …

Background Inguinal hernia repair is a common operation performed in children. In
Australia, open repair (OR) continues to be the preferred method of treatment in infants …

Purpose The robotic platform, an extension of minimally invasive procedures, is distributed
nationwide and readily available. However, its application in inguinal hernia repair seems …