Inguinal hernia common problem of modern surgery

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Tobiasz Michal, Turkosz Agnieszka, Tobiasz Maciej, Polski Pawel, Wojcik Rafal. Inguinal hernia common problem of modern surgery. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2019;9(8):530-539. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3381791 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/7345 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2019; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 15.08.2019. Revised: 25.08.2019. Accepted: 30.08.2019. Inguinal hernia common problem of modern surgery Michal Tobiasz1, Agnieszka Turkosz1, Maciej Tobiasz2, Pawel Polski3, Rafal Wojcik4 1 Student of Medical University of Lublin 2 Department of Plastic Surgery. Eastern Center of Burns Treatment and Reconstructive Surgery 3 Department of General and Transplant Surgery and Nutritional Treatment, Medical University of Lublin. 4 Department of Human Anatomy, Medical University of Lublin Adderss for correspondence: Pawel Polski, Department of General and Transplant Surgery and Nutritional Treatment, Medical University of Lublin, 8 Jaczewskiego St, 20-954 Lublin, Poland, phone: +48 514 746 457, e-mail: maestro532@wp.pl Summary Hernia is a very common challenge faced by modern medicine. It is estimated that this problem affects about 20 million people annually, including 30% abdominal hernias with the highest percentage of inguinal hernias. Despite constant progress of imaging methods, surgical techniques and understanding of the biomechanics muscles, it is still a serious challenge for physicians. This article deals with the most important issues related to the diagnosis and treatment of inguinal hernia. We pay particular attention to the frequency of complications after surgery, comparing the effectiveness of specific repair methods. Key words: inguinal hernia, surgical treatment, laparoscopy