349 RESEARCH Open Access Giant Inguinal Hernia: Two Case Reports and Literature Review Julius G. Olaogun 1,2 * , Joshua T. Ige 2 , Innih A. Kadiri 1,2 , Obafemi K. Wuraola 2 1 Department of Surgery, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria. 2 Department of Surgery, Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado - Ekiti, Nigeria. Abstract Giant inguinal hernia is a rare entity in developed world but are still occasionally encountered among rural dwellers in developing countries mostly as a result of ignorance, believe in alternate therapy and fear of surgery. Its management is very challenging and requires adequate preoperative preparation. We present two patients with giant inguinal herniae, one of which was left sided Amyand ’s her- nia, who successfully had mesh hernioplasty in our center. Keywords: Inguinal hernia, Giant hernia, Reductive surgery, Mesh Olaogun et al Pan African Journal of Life Sciences (2021): 5(3): 349-353 Pan African Journal of Life Sciences Volume 5 (Issue 3), December 2021 *Correspondence should be addressed to Julius G. Olaogun: gbenga.olaogun@eksu.edu.ng Received 28th October 2021; Revised 22nd November 2021; Accepted 25th November 2021 © 2021 Olaogun et al. Licensee Pan African Journal of Life Sciences an official publication of Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distri- bution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Publication of Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso www.pajols.org Online ISSN:2672-5924 DOI: 10.36108/pajols/1202.50.0370