Inguinal Hernia Management: Watchful Waiting vs. Tension-Free Open Repair

Authors
Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 1999
Purpose: To determine if observation (watchful waiting is a safe alternative to routine repair of asymptomatic inguinal hernias in adult males. Scope: Traditionally surgeons are taught that all inguinal hernias should be repaired at diagnosis to prevent the life threatening complications of bowel obstruction or incarceration with strangulation and that operation becomes more difficult the longer a hernia is left un-repaired.
Epistemonikos ID: db1342223e411ced8d41e428e27df140e45a86e0
First added on: May 11, 2024