[Electrocoagulation in the surgery of inguinal hernias]

One hundred and sixty patients with inguinal hernias were operated with pure tissue repair method (35 of them with radioscalpel) and 38 patients -- with no-tension plastic operation on the inguinal canal (19 of them with radioscalpel). There were no cases of bleeding, haematoma, seroma and wound infection when radioscalpel Surgitron was used. Herniotomy with Surgitron provides good short- and long-term results.