Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery
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Multicenter Study
The ONSTEP inguinal hernia repair technique: initial clinical experience of 693 patients, in two institutions.
Experience with a novel hernioplasty procedure--the ONSTEP approach--for inguinal hernia repair in a large series of patients performed by two surgeons at two institutions is described, focusing in particular on the duration of surgery, the time taken to return to normal activities, chronic pain, complication and recurrence rates. ⋯ The ONSTEP inguinal hernia repair technique described is simple, quick to perform, produces consistent results and is associated with very low overall complication, chronic pain and recurrence rates. It may offer an alternative to both Lichtenstein and laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.