[Surgery for inguinal hernia in Germany 1992: a survey of 1,656 German clinics]

A questionnaire of 1656 German surgical departments shows the preferentially applied procedures: in hernia of childhood Rehbein/Grob (24.1%) and Gross/Ferguson (24.4%). In primary hernia of adults Shouldice repair (47.7%), in recurrent hernia Shouldice-repair as well. McVay, mesh or plug-techniques are applied only for problematic cases of recurrent hernia. Laparoscopic hernia-repair is accepted in less than 10% of clinics.