Bassini and the vanished art of pure tissue inguinal hernioplasty

[...]most of the procedures can be performed with cooptation of viable tissue (synthesis) without the insertion of a foreign body (prosthesis). Unfortunately, it seems that many surgeons have forgotten the surgical principles of Parè, thus failing to reach the real goal at stake: the good of the patient. 1 L.A. Danto, Inguinodynia and ilioinguinal neurectomy, Am J Surg, 2008, Epub ahead of print 2 U. Klinge, C.J. Krones, Hernia, Vol. 9, 2005, 1-2 3 E...