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[Surgery of inguinal hernia in the elderly]
M G Lo Schiavo1, A Tonante, F Taranto
1Dipartimento di Discipline Chirurgiche Generali e Speciali, U.O. di Chirurgia Generale VI, Università degli Studi di Messina.
Annali Italiani Di Chirurgia
|June 25, 2003
Abstract:
The authors report their 14 years experiences with inguinal hernia repair in elderly. The result were compared with young (< 75 years old), and confirmed that there were no significant differences between the 2 groups. The study confirmed the safety and effectiveness of the "tension-free" technique under local anaesthesia, which is proposed as the treatment of choice in elderly.