OBJECTIVE: To study the long term results of 93 @entity18659 repairs by cylindrical prothesis with a @entity7502 mesh. DESIGN: Prospective open study. SETTING: District hospital, Spain. SUBJECTS: 92 @entity1 who had 93 @entity547 repaired between 1989 and 1992. INTERVENTIONS: Lichtenstein repair of @entity18659 . MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Complications and recurrences. RESULTS: The mean follow up was 64 months (range 43-84). There was one recurrence 4 months postoperatively in a @entity1 who had been operated on as an emergency for an @entity547 , and in one @entity1 the prosthesis had to be removed 10 days after the initial operation. This was subsequently repaired with @entity7502 mesh and had not recurred at 4 years. CONCLUSION: Herniorrhaphy with cylindrical prosthesis is our preferred elective technique for repair of primary @entity18659 although other techniques are advisable for incarcerated or recurrent @entity547 .

Prosthetic repair of XXXX : audit of long term follow-up.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity18659 :: ('MESH:D006550', 'Disease') :: ['femoral hernia', 'femoral hernias'] @entity7502 :: ('MESH:D011126', 'Chemical') :: ['polypropylene'] @entity547 :: ('MESH:D006547', 'Disease') :: ['incarcerated hernia', 'hernias']
@entity18659 :: (MESH:D006550,Disease) :: ['femoral hernia']
