"A hernia is a protrusion of a tissue, structure, or part of an organ through the muscular tissue or the membrane by which it is normally contained. The hernia has three parts: the orifice through which it herniates, the hernial sac, and its contents."
Source: Wikipedia

The repair of the inguinal hernia by a scientific and anatomical method was introduced only at the end of 1800.
The brilliant technique of Edoardo Bassini, applied all over the world, demonstrates its validity still today.
This tecnique remains to the base of the modern studies on hernia that have concurred the development and the evolution of the actual cure for this pathology.