I was reading a book by an osteopath written in 1980 and republished in 2000. At that time {1980}{I think it was titled "Stay Out of the Hospital"} he was still using 'the injection method' of hernia repair which entailed wearing a custom made steel truss 24 hrs a day and they then keep injecting something into the inguinal canal which closes it permanently. It sounds complicated but he claimed it worked better than surgery than current {this was before mesh or laproscopy}
with few, if any, recurrences. I searched the internet and you can find an article on this procedure from many years ago but I see no info indicating anyone does this anymore.
Does anyone out there no anything else about this or if anyone is currently doing it?