Mesh compared with non-mesh methods of open groin hernia repair: Systematic review of randomized controlled trials

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 854-859

  Grant, Adrian ^a   Go, Peter ^b   Fingerhut, Abe ^b   Kingsnorth, Andrew ^b   Merello, Jesùs ^b   O'Dwyer, Paddy ^b   Payne, John ^b   Scott, Neil ^b   Webb, Kirsty ^b   Ross, Sue ^b   Aitola, Petri ^b   Anderberg, Bo ^b   Arvidsson, Dag ^b   Barkun, Jeffrey ^b   Bay Nielsen, Morten ^b   Beets, Geerard ^b   Bittner, Reinhard ^b   Bringman, Sven ^b   Castoro, Carlo ^b   Champault, Gerard ^b   Dirksen, Carmen ^b   Filipi, Charles ^b   Fitzgibbons, Robert ^b   Girão, Ricardo ^b   Hatzitheoklitos, Efthimios ^b   Hauters, Philippe ^b   Heikkinen, Timo ^b   Jeekel, Hans ^b   Johansson, Bo ^b   Kald, Anders ^b   Kehlet, Henrik ^b   Khoury, Najib ^b   Klingler, Anton ^b   Kozol, Robert ^b   Leibl, B ^b   Macintyre, Ian ^b   McGillicuddy, James ^b   Maddern, Guy ^b   Millat, Bertrand ^b   Nilsson, Erik ^b   Nordin, Pär ^b   Paganini, Alessandro ^b   Pappalardo, Giuseppe ^b   Pedrós, Joan Sala ^b   Schmitz, R ^b   Schwarz, Andreas ^b   Shah, Siegfried ^b   Simmermacher, Robert ^b   Sledzinski, Zbigniew ^b   Stoker, David ^b   Tanner, Arthur ^b   Taylor, Robert ^b   Treckmann, Jürgen ^b   Tschudi, Jerome ^b   Vallribera, Francesc ^b   van den Tol, Petrouska ^b   van Steensel, Cees ^b   van Vroonhoven, Theo ^b   Vrijland, Wietske ^b   Wellwood, James ^b   Witkowski, Piotr ^b   Zieren, Jürgen ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA BASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TENSION;

EID: 0033916062     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.2000.01539.x     Document Type: Review

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