The Totally Extraperitoneal Method versus Lichtenstein's Technique for Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analyses and Trial Sequential Analyses of Randomized Clinical Trials

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Koning, G G ^a   Wetterslev, J ^b   van Laarhoven, C J H M ^a   Keus, F ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; CHRONIC PAIN; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LICHTENSTEIN TECHNIQUE; META ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOM ERROR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTALLY EXTRAPERITONEAL METHOD;

HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; PERITONEUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872237240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052599     Document Type: Review

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