Man in the evolutionary process, while standing erect and learning to walk created a defect in the anterior abdominal wall. The inguinal region is the abdominal Achilles heel. A hernia (or rupture) is the protrusion of an organ through that part of the body that usually contains it. In the case of groin hernia, this is the protrusion of a part of the abdominal contents through the abdominal wall into the groin. Groin hernias can occur at any age. They are common in babies and small children, become less common in the teens and twenties and then rise in incidence throughout the middle and later years of life. Conventional treatments for hernia are various forms of surgery and trusses, both of which have been in use for a considerable length of time. An Egyptian papyrus (Ebers 1550 BC) described the use of bandaging (the ancient equivalent of a truss) and the use of cathartics and hot poultices for strangulation. The first description of surgery was by Celsus in AD 25.1