Long-term follow-up of a randomized clinical trial of non-mesh versus mesh repair of primary inguinal hernia

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 506-510

  Van Veen, R N ^a   Wijsmuller, A R ^a   Vrijland, W W ^a   Hop, W C ^a   Lange, J F ^a   Jeekel, J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STAPLER; SURGEON;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247275804     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5627     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Rutkow IM. Demographic and socioeconomic aspects of hernia repair in the United States in 2003. Surg Clin North Am 2003; 83: 1045-1051.
2. National Medical Registration 2004; www.prismant.nl. [accessed 8 August 2006].
3. Simons MP, Kleijnen J, van Geldere D, Hoitsma HF, Obertop H. Role of the Shouldice technique in inguinal hernia repair: a systematic review of controlled trials and a meta-analysis. Br J Surg 1996; 83: 734-738.
4. Beets GL, Oosterhuis KJ, Go PM, Baeten CG, Kootstra G. Longterm followup (12-15 years) of a randomized controlled trial comparing Bassini-Stetten, Shouldice, and high ligation with narrowing of the internal ring for primary inguinal hernia repair. J Am Coll Surg 1997; 185: 352-357.
5. de Wilt JH, Ijzermans JN, Hop WC, Jeekel J. The treatment of recurrent inguinal hernia. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 1990; 134: 531-534.
6. Devereaux PJ, Bhandari M, Clarke M, Montori VM, Cook DJ, Yusuf S et al. Need for expertise based randomised clinical trials. BMJ 2005; 330: 88-93.
7. Ijzermans JN, de Wilt H, Hop WC, Jeekel H. Recurrent inguinal hernia treated by classical hernioplasty. Arch Surg 1991; 126: 1097-1100.
8. Janu PG, Sellers KD, Mangiante EC. Mesh inguinal herniorrhaphy: a ten-year review. Am Surg 1997; 63: 1065-1069.
9. Kux M, Fuchsjager N, Schemper M. Shouldice is superior to Bassini inguinal herniorrhaphy. Am J Surg 1994; 168: 15-18.
10. Paul A, Troidl H, Williams JI, Rixen D, Langen R. Randomized trial of modified Bassini versus Shouldice inguinal hernia repair. The Cologne Hernia Study Group. Br J Surg 1994; 81: 1531-1534.
11. Scott NW, McCormack K, Graham P, Go PM, Ross SJ, Grant AM. Open mesh versus non-mesh for repair of femoral and inguinal hernia. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2002; Issue 4. Art. No.: CD002197.
12. Vrijland WW, van den Tol MP, Luijendijk RW, Hop WC, Busschbach JJ, de Lange DC et al. Randomized clinical trial of non-mesh versus mesh repair of primary inguinal hernia. Br J Surg 2002; 89: 293-297.
13. Lichtenstein IL, Shulman AG, Amid PK, Montllor MM. The tension-free hernioplasty. Am J Surg 1989; 157: 188-193.
14. Vos PM, Simons MP, Luitse JS, van Geldere D, Koelemaij MJ, Obertop H. Follow-up after inguinal hernia repair. Questionnaire compared with physical examination: a prospective study in 299 patients. Eur J Surg 1998; 164: 533-536.
15. Haapaniemi S, Nilsson E. Recurrence and pain three years after groin hernia repair. Validation of postal questionnaire and selective physical examination as a method of follow-up. Eur J Surg 2002; 168: 22-28.
16. Liem MS, van Duyn EB, van der Graaf Y, van Vroonhoven TJ, Coala Trial Group. Recurrences after conventional anterior and laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: a randomized comparison. Ann Surg 2003; 237: 136-141.
17. de Lange DH, Aufenacker TJ, Roest M, Simmermacher RK, Gouma DJ, Simons MP. Inguinal hernia surgery in The Netherlands: a baseline study before the introduction of the Dutch Guidelines. Hernia 2005; 9: 172-177.
18. Bay-Nielsen M, Kehlet H, Strand L, Malmstrom J, Andersen FH, Wara P et al. Quality assessment of 26 304 herniorrhaphies in Denmark: a prospective nationwide study. Lancet 2001; 358: 1124-1128.
19. Hair A, Duffy K, McLean J, Taylor S, Smith H, Walker A et al. Groin hernia repair in Scotland. Br J Surg 2000; 87: 1722-1726.
20. Nilsson E, Haapaniemi S, Gruber G, Sandblom G. Methods of repair and risk for reoperation in Swedish hernia surgery from 1992 to 1996. Br J Surg 1998; 85: 1686-1691.
21. Srinivasan A, Schuricht A. Long-term follow-up of laparoscopic preperitoneal hernia repair in professional athletes. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 2002; 12: 101-106.
22. Shulman AG, Amid PK, Lichtenstein IL. The safety of mesh repair for primary inguinal hernias: results of 3019 operations from five diverse surgical sources. Am Surg 1992; 58: 255-257.
23. Wantz GE. Experience with the tension-free hernioplasty for primary inguinal hernias in men. J Am Coll Surg 1996; 183: 351-356.
24. McGillicuddy JE. Prospective randomized comparison of the Shouldice and Lichtenstein hernia repair procedures. Arch Surg 1998; 133: 974-978.
25. Bringman S, Ramel S, Heikkinen TJ, Englund T, Westman B, Anderberg B. Tension-free inguinal hernia repair: TEP versus mesh-plug versus Lichtenstein: a prospective randomized controlled trial. Ann Surg 2003; 237: 142-147.