Inguinal hernia in southern Brazil - challenges in follow-up and recurrence rates.
Rodrigo Piltcher -da-SilvaDebora Oliveira HüttenArtur Gehres TrappPedro San Martin SoaresTiago Lima CastroSimoni BohnenbergerEduardo Castelli KrothJorge Armando Reyes PintoCaroline GrehsDanielle Cristina TomasiLeandro Totti CavazzolaPublished in: Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes (2022)
our data reveal an acceptable recurrence rate in a tertiary care hospital with residents, and to our knowledge is the first Brazilian report with long term follow up. An increased re-recurrent hernia was found when compared with primary hernia repair.