Editing Macewen's operation (section)

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'''Macewen's operation''' is an operation for the cure of [[inguinal hernia]],<ref name="Ferguson1907">{{cite book|author=Alexander Hugh Ferguson|title=The Technic of modern operations for hernia|url=https://archive.org/details/technicmodernop00ferggoog|accessdate=3 July 2011|year=1907|publisher=Cleveland press|pages=[https://archive.org/details/technicmodernop00ferggoog/page/n232 226]–}}</ref><ref name="Society1888">{{cite book|author=Philadelphia County Medical Society|title=Proceedings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s70DAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA72|accessdate=3 July 2011|year=1888|pages=72–}}</ref> developed by Scottish surgeon [[William Macewen|Sir William Macewen]] (1864-1924).

It is performed by closing the internal ring with a pad made of the hernial sac.<ref name="Allingham1904">{{cite book|author=Herbert William Allingham|author-link=Herbert William Allingham|title=Operative surgery|url=https://archive.org/details/operativesurger00alligoog|accessdate=3 July 2011|year=1904|publisher=William Wood & Company|pages=[https://archive.org/details/operativesurger00alligoog/page/n289 267]–}}</ref>