摘要：THERE IS A CONTINUOUS DEBATE ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF MESHES ARE MORE SUITABLE TO BE USED IN INGUINALHERNIA REPAIR. RECENTLY WAS INTRODUCED INTO CLINICAL PRACTICE A SELF - GRIPPING MESH WHO DOESN'TNEED ADDITIONAL FIXATION.THE AIM OF THIS REVIEW IS TO EVALUATE THE FEATURES OF THIS SELF-GRIPPING MESH IN TERMS OFRECURRENCE RATE, DECREASED POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS AND IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE.RANDOMIZED TRIALS, PROSPECTIVE AND RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES, REVIEWS AND GUIDELINES PUBLISHEDBETWEEN 2006 AND 2017 WERE ANALYZED IN TERMS OF RECURRENCE RATE, DECREASED POSTOPERATIVECOMPLICATIONS AND IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE.THE USE OF SELF-GRIPPING MESH IN INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR, BOTH OPEN AND LAPAROSCOPIC TEHNIQUE, ISRAPID, SAFE, SIMPLE AND COST - EFFECTIVE, PROVIDING LOW OR NO RECURRENCE, LOW CHRONIC PAIN ANDIMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE.
