Experience of open pre-peritoneal hernioplasty:1 176 cases report

Objective To summarize the experience of open pre-peritoneal hernioplasty. Methods A retrospective analysis was performed on clinical data of 1 176 cases of open pre-peritoneal hernioplasty from January 2002 to December 2011 in our hospital. There were 1 089 male and 87 female with an average age of(64.5±23.2) years old. The hospital stay time was(4.1±2.5) d. The followed-up time was 4-24 months. There were 484 cases with Gilbert′s method, 78...