Systematic review and meta-analysis on heavy and lightweight polypropylene mesh in Lichtenstein inguinal hernioplasty

Hernia

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 519-528

  Smietanski M ^a   Smietanska I A ^b   Modrzejewski, A ^c   Simons, M P ^d   Aufenacker, T J ^e  

^a Ceynowa Hospital in Wejherowo   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^c Vascular and Oncologic Surgery and Multiorgan Trauma   (Poland)

^d Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^e RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inguinal hernia; Lichtenstein; Lightweight mesh; Macropourus mesh; Pain; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SURGICAL MESH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

CHRONIC PAIN; FOREIGN BODIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POLYPROPYLENES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; SENSATION; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 84868509433     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: 12489204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-012-0930-5     Document Type: Review

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