In Ein's study of 6361 paediatric inguinal hernia repairs in Canada there were no deaths, recurrence rate of 1.2%, wound infection rate of 1.2% and testicular atrophy rate of 0.3%. In this study, 12% presented as incarcerated, but only 1% required emergency surgery for an irreducible hernia and 2/6361 required a bowel resection. Ergogan reported similar outcomes in Turkey.