Repair of Groin Hernia with Synthetic Mesh: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 235, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 322-332

  Grant, Adrian ^a   Go, Peter ^a   Fingerhut, Abe ^a   Kingsnorth, Andrew ^a   Merello, Jesús ^a   O’Dwyer, Paddy ^a   Payne, John ^a   McCormack, Kirsty ^a   Ross, Sue ^a   Scott, Neil ^a   Vale, Luke ^a   Aitola, Petri ^a   Anderberg, Bo ^a   Barkun, Jeffrey ^a   Jnr, Richard Barth ^a   Bay Nielsen, Morten ^a   Beets, Geerard ^a   Bittner, Reinhard ^a   Bringman, Sven ^a   Callesen, Torben ^a   Castoro, Carlo ^a   Dirksen, Carmen ^a   Filipi, Charles ^a   Fitzgibbons, Robert ^a   Friis, Esbern ^a   Girão, Ricardo ^a   Graham, Paul ^a   Hatzitheoklitos, Efthimios ^a   Hauters, Philippe ^a   Heikkinen, Timo ^a   Jeekel, Hans ^a   Johansson, Bo ^a   Juul, Poul ^a   Kald, Anders ^a   Kehlet, Henrik ^a   Khoury, Najib ^a   Klingler, Anton ^a   Koninger J ^a   Kozol, Robert ^a   Leibl, Bernhard ^a   Macintyre, Ian ^a   Maddern, Guy ^a   McGillicuddy, James ^a   Millat, Bertrand ^a   Nilsson, Erik ^a   Nordin, Pär ^a   Paganini, Alessandro ^a   Pappalardo, Giuseppe ^a   Pedrós, Joan Sala ^a   Sarli, Leopoldo ^a   Schmitz, Rainer ^a   Schrenk, Peter ^a   Schwarz, Andreas ^a   Sculpher, Mark ^a   Shah, Siegfried ^a   Sledziñski, Zbigniew ^a   Smietañski, Maciej ^a   Stoker, David ^a   Tanner, Arthur ^a   Tanphiphat, Chanvit ^a   Taylor, Robert ^a   Treckmann, Jürgen ^a   Tschudi, Jerome ^a   Vallribera, Francesc ^a   van den Tol, Petrousjka ^a   Vrijland, Wietske ^a   Wellwood, James ^a   Witkowski, Piotr ^a   Zieren, Jürgen ^a   more..

^a NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MESH; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036189201     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200203000-00003     Document Type: Review

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