Revised edition of: Hernia / edited by Lloyd M. Nyhus, Robert E. Condon. 4th ed. c1995.

Ch. 1. Why do human beings develop groin hernias? -- Ch. 2. Biochemical aspects of abdominal wall hernia formation and recurrence -- Ch. 3. A history of the treatment of hernia -- Ch. 4. Historic aspects of groin hernia repair -- Ch. 5. Anatomy of the groin: a view from the surgeon -- Ch. 6. Anatomy of the groin: a view from the anatomist -- Ch. 7. Classification of ventral and groin hernias -- Ch. 8. Diagnostic imaging in the evaluation and management of abdominal wall hernia -- Ch. 9. Ultrasound examination in laparoscopic/endoscopic hernia surgery -- Ch. 10. The Bassini repair and its variants -- Ch. 11. Hernia surgery in Italy: how far have we come since Bassini? -- Ch. 12. The Shouldice repair -- Ch. 13. The Cooper's ligament repair -- Ch. 14. Lichtenstein tension-free hernioplasty for the repair of primary and recurrent inguinal hernias -- Ch. 15. Tension-free, sutureless, preshaped mesh hernioplasty -- Ch. 16. Plug repair of inguinal hernia: indications, technique, and results -- Ch. 17. Tension-free hernioplasty using a bilayer prosthesis -- Ch. 18. Preperitoneal hernia repair -- Ch. 19. The midline preperitoneal approach and prosthetic repair of groin hernias -- Ch. 20. Unilateral giant prosthetic reinforcement of the visceral sac -- Ch. 21. The Kugel approach to groin hernias -- Ch. 22. Laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal herniorrhaphy -- Ch. 23. The transabdominal preperitoneal laparoscopic herniorrhaphy -- Ch. 24. The intraperitoneal onlay mesh procedure for groin hernias -- Ch. 25. Wound infection in hernia repair. Ch. 26. Cord and testicular complications of groin herniorrhaphy -- Ch. 27. The physiology and anatomy of chronic pain after inguinal herniorrhaphy -- Ch. 28. An algorithm for the treatment of chronic groin pain after inguinal herniorrhaphy -- Ch. 29. Neuralgia (inguinodynia) after inguinal herniorrhaphy -- Ch. 30. Wound failure and incisional hernia: mechanisms and prevention -- Ch. 31. Prosthetic repair of massive abdominal ventral hernias -- Ch. 32. Complications of ventral incisional hernia repair -- Ch. 33. Laparoscopic repair of ventral/incisional hernias -- Ch. 34. Visceral injury associated with pneumoperitoneum in the repair of abdominal wall hernias -- Ch. 35. Incidence and management of primary abdominal wall hernias: umbilical, epigastric, and spigelian -- Ch. 36. Management of peristomal hernia: techniques of repair -- Ch. 37. Omphalocele and gastroschisis: pediatric surgery -- Ch. 38. Unique features of groin hernia repair in infants and children -- Ch. 39. Congenital internal abdominal hernias: incidence and management -- Ch. 40. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia -- Ch. 41. Sliding hiatal hernia -- Ch. 42. Paraesophageal hiatal hernia -- Ch. 43. Traumatic diaphragmatic hernias -- Ch. 44. Anesthetic considerations in the management of abdominal wall hernia -- Ch. 45. Pain management for inguinal herniorrhaphy -- Ch. 46. Sciatic, obturator, and perineal hernias: a view from the gynecologist -- Ch. 47. Biomaterials for the repair of abdominal wall hernia: structural and compositional considerations -- Ch. 48. Assessing the quality of hernia repair -- Ch. 49. Clinical research -- Ch. 50. Uterus an vaginal vault prolapse, enteroceles, cystoceles, rectoceles: defects of pelvic support in women.