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tension-free hernioplasty: a standalone construct

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Surgery

inguinal hernia repair that reinforces the posterior wall with a mesh rather than pulling tissues together under tension.

In surgery, tension-free hernioplasty refers to inguinal hernia repair that reinforces the posterior wall with a mesh rather than pulling tissues together under tension. This meaning comes from Lichtenstein (1989) in The American Journal of Surgery.[1]

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mesh3 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs posterior2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs tension7 fields · 14 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs

References

Lichtenstein, I. L., Shulman, A. G., Amid, P. K., & Montllor, M. M. (1989). The tension-free hernioplasty. The American Journal of Surgery, 157(2), 188-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9610(89)90526-6

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