Inguinal hernia surgery is considered minor surgery by a significant number of physicians in our country, so a significant proportion of inguinal hernia surgeries are performed by young surgeons who lack surgical experience. However, compared with foreign countries, especially developed countries, the very different treatment results have made it increasingly clear that professional training is as important as experience accumulation. 1. Choice of surgical modality Non-surgical therapies such as hernia belt therapy and injection therapy are not effective enough, especially injection therapy may lead to serious complications such as lower limb artery embolism, intestinal necrosis and spermatic cord injury, so only surgical therapies are recommended in domestic and international treatment guidelines. Inguinal hernia is an absolute indication for surgery, and the key to treatment is to master when to operate, under what conditions, and what surgical procedure to choose. There are three main types of modern inguinal hernia repair: preperitoneal repair, hernia ring filling, and posterior inguinal canal repair. Specifically for each patient, the duration of disease, age, and local surgical history are key in determining the surgical options. Regardless of which of the three surgical procedures is performed, the recurrence rate can be kept very low as long as the specifications are strictly followed. So the choice of the surgeon becomes the key to determine the success or failure of the surgery. 2. Choice of surgeon In foreign countries, such as hospitals in the United States, hernia surgeons have to go through 7 years of training before they can operate independently. Each of their surgeons make the same surgery observing the same steps as if they were made by one person. Therefore, they are the world’s leading hernia surgery hospitals. Therefore, it is more practical and effective for us to learn a few classical inguinal hernia repair techniques in a “small and precise” way than to learn all kinds of tension-free hernia repair techniques in a “large and comprehensive” way. The key for the patient is to choose a surgeon who can fully understand the principles of surgery and master the surgical protocols. In order to obtain good results in the surgical treatment of inguinal hernia, it is very important to emphasize the surgical steps and operational details in addition to the strict mastery of the surgical indications. The sequence of surgical steps is a summary of more than 200 years of clinical experience and is not a product of random imagination and whim. For the vast majority of doctors, learning and following the standardized surgical steps is the priority, while blind innovation may bring unknown risks to patients.