Update in Inguinal Hernia Surgery

Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery (ALES), is dedicating this special issue to “Update in Inguinal Hernia Surgery”, with outstanding experts contributing with their experience and review of the latest news from scientific literature.

Hernia Surgery is one of the most common surgical procedures worldwide and has experienced important changes in the last two decades in term of mesh technologies and surgical approaches, so this Update will provide a platform to the all the surgeons and medical professionals for a full immersion in the latest news in inguinal hernia surgery.

In this special issue, the contributors will focus on the latest update on mesh and the new proposed classification, the technical challenges of the primary and recurrent hernia repair, a review of the most popular open repair and the important role of laparoscopic in emergency cases as powerful diagnostic tools.

I am sure that all the readers will appreciate the contents of each article and we should thank you all the worldwide expert teams and authors for their excellent contributions.

Acknowledgments

Funding: None.

Footnote

Provenance and Peer Review: This article was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery for the series “Inguinal Hernia Repair”. The article did not undergo external peer review.

Conflicts of Interest: The author has completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/ales.2017.08.08). The series “Inguinal Hernia Repair” was commissioned by the editorial office without any funding or sponsorship. DL served as the unpaid Guest Editor of the series and serves as an unpaid editorial board member of Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery from Sep Jun 2016 to May 2018. The authors have no other conflicts of interest to declare.

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Davide Lomanto