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Hernia
Published in: Hernia 4/2004

01-12-2004 | Letter to the Editor

Herniosis: A biological approach

Authors: U. Klinge, K. Junge, P. R. Mertens

Published in: Hernia | Issue 4/2004

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Excerpt

It has to be recognized that Raymond Reads’ early scientific work for the first time postulated a systemic disease leading to groin herniation and performed systematic analyses. However, his findings were neglected by the surgeon’s scientific community for a long time. The reason might be that his pioneering feat took place in the shadow of tremendous technical progress. Furthermore, his theory was probably too awkward for that time. Is groin herniation just a pure technical feature and the surgeon the only one who is responsible for success or failure? Or are there individual patient-related features influencing tissue composition, and is groin herniation, therefore, a kind of systemic disease? Unfortunately, most of the surgeons were predominantly interested in the technical issues at that time. …
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Metadata
Title
Herniosis: A biological approach
Authors
U. Klinge
K. Junge
P. R. Mertens
Publication date
01-12-2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Hernia / Issue 4/2004
Print ISSN: 1265-4906
Electronic ISSN: 1248-9204
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-004-0262-1

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