Dr. Marc Soler, an abdominal wall surgeon with a special focus on inguinal hernia repair, has been selected as one of the AME Surgical Journal's Outstanding Authors 2026 in recognition of his contributions to open preperitoneal hernia surgery (MOPP, TIPP, TREPP, and Ugahary) and his efforts to promote the legacy of Professor René Stoppa. I was honored and delighted to be selected among the AME Surgical Journal's "Outstanding Authors 2026." This recognition highlights the work

UPDATE — Official journal publication (May 2026) This article has now been officially published in the 2026 issue of AME Surgical Journal. Open preperitoneal vs. endoscopic repair for bilateral groin hernias: a registry-based two-arm comparison Soler M, Gillion J-F.AME Surgical Journal. 2026;6:11 Read the published article: https://dx.doi.org/10.21037/asj-25-80 It is with great pleasure that I share our latest work conducted with Dr. Jean-François Gillion, recently published

It is not uncommon for patients operated on for a groin hernia on one side to wonder whether they may develop one on the other side. The...

At your disposal for any additional information on these new techniques that are finally now widely distributed throughout the world. All...

René Stoppa, Jean Rives Pavid Amid, René Stoppa, Marc Soler, Franz Ugahary René Stoppa, Marc Soler Dear friends, here is my updated...

“The Minimal Open Preperitoneal (MOPP) Approach for Treating Groin Hernias: Technique, Indications, and Results.” Annals of Laparoscopic...

Dear friends, a little throwback to our national Mesh congress, organized this year by the new French Society of Parietal Surgery-Club...

Dear friends, The 52nd Congress of The Korean Society of Endo-Laparoscopic and Robotic surgery(KRERS), Seoul April 2023 is just finished!...

Mopp-Tipp is invited ! Dear Friends, Here is the next step of our pilgrimage in favor of the open preperitoneal (MOPP-TIPP) to treat...

Hello everybody from Vietnam! As usual, very interesting APHS Congress! This year, in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. With the warm...

Dear Friends, It is now a long story between APHS congresses and me ! Thanks to Franz Ugahary( the Pionner of the real Minimal invasive...

The umbilical hernia and the epigastric hernia are a hole in the abdominal wall, we can put in the same category the small incisional...

Very symbolic photo: Franz Ugahary was particularly influenced by Georges Wantz on the left, and by René Stoppa on the right, for the...

History of the main currents, our contribution to minimally invasive surgery, called Minimal Open Preperitoneal (MOPP). After nearly two...