Nieuwe behandeling van dubbelzijdige recidiefliesbreuken door preperitoneale plastiek met een Marlex-mat

- In the literature recurrence after operation for a recurrent inguinal hernia varies from 3 to 36. For bilateral recurrent hernia the risk of recurrence is even higher. The results of a preperitoneal Marlex prosthesis in these patients are excellent.

After this procedure we saw no new recurrences in 35 patients with 70 recurrent hernias. There was no surgical mortality; in 2 patients superficial infection occurred and there were 4 inguinal haematomas. The preperitoneal Marlex prosthesis appears to be the ideal solution for bilateral recurrent inguinal hernias.