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Treadwell J, Tipton K, Oyesanmi O, et al. Surgical Options for Inguinal Hernia: Comparative Effectiveness Review [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2012 Aug. (Comparative Effectiveness Reviews, No. 70.)
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Surgical Options for Inguinal Hernia: Comparative Effectiveness Review [Internet].
Show detailsTable 1Excluded studies
| Study | Reason for Exclusion |
|---|---|
| Aasbo et al., 20021 | Anesthesia |
| Aasvang et al., 20052 | Review |
| Aeberhard et al., 19993 | Surgical experience data not on hernia recurrence but on other outcomes such as operation time or other complications |
| Agarwal et al., 20104 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Agresta et al., 20095 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Aigner et al., 20116 | Abstract only |
| Aitola et al., 19987 | Did not focus sufficiently on a patient population of interest; 18% (9/49) had recurrent hernia |
| Akbulut et al., 20038 | Did not report any outcomes of interest |
| Akcaboy et al., 20099 | Anesthesia |
| Akhtar et al., 199810 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Akolekar et al., 200811 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Alani et al., 200612 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Albright et al., 201113 | Nonconcurrent enrollment |
| Alfieri et al., 200614 | Neurectomy |
| Altinli et al., 201115 | Abstract only |
| Amato et al., 200916 | Review |
| Amid et al., 199417 | Clinical comment |
| Amid et al., 199618 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Anadol et al., 201119 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for selection bias |
| Anderson et al., 198020 | Antibiotics |
| Andrew et al., 199421 | Surgical experience data not on hernia recurrence but on other outcomes such as operation time or other complications |
| Antao et al., 200422 | Nonconcurrent enrollment |
| Arregui et al., 200523 | Case series |
| Arvidsson et al., 200024 | Narrative review |
| Arvidsson et al., 200525 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Atkinson et al., 200426 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Aufenacker et al., 200427 | Antibiotics |
| Awad et al., 200728 | Nonconcurrent enrollment |
| Aydede et al., 200329 | Did not report any outcomes of interest |
| Aytac et al., 200430 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Babineau et al., 200431 | Surgical experience information not specific to laparoscopic hernia repair |
| Baca et al., 199532 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Baca et al., 200033 | Unable to obtain |
| Balakrishnan et al., 200834 | Case series |
| Ballantyne et al., 200135 | Case series |
| Baltazar et al., 197636 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Bar-Dayan et al., 200437 | Anesthesia |
| Baris et al., 200338 | Anesthesia |
| Barkun et al., 199539 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Barkun et al., 199940 | Only half of the open repairs used a mesh; data on these repairs was not reported separately |
| Barrat et al., 200341 | Did report any post-treatment outcomes |
| Barth et al., 199842 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Batorfi et al., 199543 | Did not report any outcomes comparing procedures |
| Bay-Nielsen et al., 199944 | Anesthesia |
| Beddy et al., 200645 | Did not report any outcomes of interest |
| Beets et al., 199746 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Bell et al., 200347 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Bemdsen et al., 200248 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Bencini et al., 200449 | Incisional hernia |
| Ben-David et al., 199550 | Anesthesia |
| Ben-Haim et al., 200251 | Incisional hernia |
| Benizri et al., 200652 | Nonconcurrent enrollment |
| Berndsen et al., 200253 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Berndsen et al., 200254 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Berndsen et al., 200755 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Bessell et al., 199656 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Bhattacharya et al., 201057 | Anesthesia |
| Biemans et al., 199858 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Bilgin et al., 199759 | Abstract only |
| Billingham et al., 201060 | Review |
| Birk et al., 199861 | Case series |
| Bisgaard et al., 201062 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Bittner et al., 200563 | Review |
| Bittner et al., 201064 | Case series |
| Blaser et al., 201165 | Abstract only |
| Borenstein et al., 200566 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Bozuk et al., 200367 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Brandt et al., 200868 | Background |
| Bright et al., 201069 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Bringman et al., 200170 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Bringman et al., 200171 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Brooks et al., 199472 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Brunner et al., 201173 | Abstract only |
| Burney et al., 200474 | Anesthesia |
| Cahil et al., 198975 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Callesen et al., 199876 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Callesen et al., 199877 | Case series |
| Callesen et al., 199978 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Callesen et al., 199979 | Confounding by indication |
| Calliskan et al., 201080 | Neurectomy |
| Campanelli et al., 200881 | Trial protocol |
| Canonico et al., 200382 | Review |
| Casati et al., 200483 | Anesthesia |
| Castoro et al., 199684 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Ceccarelli et al., 200885 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Celdran et al., 200486 | Antibiotics |
| Cesana et al., 201187 | Abstract only |
| Champault et al., 200788 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Champault et al., 201189 | Case series |
| Chan et al., 200490 | Case series |
| Chan et al., 200491 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Chan et al., 201192 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Chawla et al., 200593 | Novel technique |
| Cheek et al., 199894 | Review |
| Chowbey et al., 200395 | Case series |
| Chu et al., 199396 | Case series |
| Chung et al., 199997 | Review |
| Cingi et al., 200598 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Cocks et al., 199899 | Nonconcurrent enrollment |
| Cohen et al., 1998100 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Cohen et al., 1998101 | Case series |
| Collaborative group et al., 2000102 | Review |
| Collage et al., 2010103 | Clinical comment |
| Connelly et al., 1997104 | Anesthesia |
| Conroy et al., 1993105 | Anesthesia |
| Corbitt et al., 1991106 | Case series |
| Cornell et al., 1994107 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Courtney et al., 2002108 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Cox et al., 2011109 | Abstract only |
| Craven et al., 2009110 | Review |
| Cunningham et al., 1996111 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Czudek et al., 2009112 | Case series |
| Dallas et al., 2011113 | Abstract only |
| Damamme et al., 1998114 | Not English |
| Daniel et al., 1997115 | Case series |
| Danielsson et al., 1999116 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Dasari et al., 2009117 | Retrospective questionnaire data relying on memory |
| Davenport et al., 2003118 | Clinical comment |
| Davis et al., 1994119 | Anesthesia |
| de Jonge et al., 2008120 | Review |
| de Sa Ribeiro et al., 2010121 | Case series |
| de Vries et al., 2007122 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Decker et al., 1998123 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Dedemadi et al., 2010124 | Review |
| Demiraran et al., 2006125 | Anesthesia |
| Demirbas et al., 2003126 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| DeTurris et al., 2002127 | Review |
| Deysine et al., 1991128 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Deysine et al., 2006129 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Di Filippo et al., 2006130 | Anesthesia |
| Di Vita et al., 2000131 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Di Vita et al., 2001132 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Di Vita et al., 2005133 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Dick et al., 1996134 | Case series |
| Dickinson et al., 2008135 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Dierking et al., 1992136 | Anesthesia |
| Dilek et al., 2005137 | Did not report any outcomes of interest |
| Dion et al., 1996138 | Data were considering for the surgical experience question, however of the 158 patients undergoing laparoscopic repair, data related to surgical experience were only reported for 118 of them, and the reason for this selection was not reported. |
| Dorflinger et al., 1984139 | Did not address any Key Question |
| DuBois et al., 1997140 | Case series |
| Dueholm et al., 1989141 | Anesthesia |
| Duff et al., 2007142 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Edelman et al., 2001143 | Did not report any outcomes of interest |
| Edelman et al., 2002144 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Edelman et al., 2008145 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Eker et al., 2011146 | Abstract only |
| Eller et al., 2002147 | Case series |
| El-Radaideh et al., 2006148 | Anesthesia |
| emedicine et al., 2010149 | Background |
| Eno et al., 2000150 | Did not report whether mesh was used for open hernia repair |
| epocrates et al., 2010151 | Background |
| Erhan et al., 2008152 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Erichsen et al., 1995153 | Anesthesia |
| Erol et al., 2009154 | Anesthesia |
| Ersin et al., 2006155 | Did not report any outcomes of interest |
| EU et al., 2000156 | Review |
| EU Hernia Trialists Collaboration et al., 2002157 | Review |
| Evans et al., 1973158 | Antibiotics |
| Evans et al., 2002159 | Surgical experience data not on hernia recurrence but on other outcomes such as operation time or other complications |
| Fallas et al., 1994160 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Farooq et al., 2007161 | Unable to obtain |
| Feliu et al., 2004162 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Feliu et al., 2004163 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Felix et al., 1995164 | Nonconcurrent enrollment |
| Felix et al., 1995165 | Did not report any outcomes comparing procedures |
| Felix et al., 1996166 | Did not report any outcomes comparing procedures |
| Felix et al., 1997167 | Case series |
| Felix et al., 1999168 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Fell et al., 1988169 | Anesthesia |
| Ferzli et al., 2004170 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Ferzli et al., 2006171 | Case series |
| Fielding et al., 1995172 | Case series |
| Filipi et al., 1996173 | Did not focus sufficiently on a patient population of interest; 18% (9/53) had recurrent hernia. |
| Fine et al., 2006174 | Case series |
| Fischer et al., 1999175 | Narrative review bilateral |
| Fischer et al., 2000176 | Anesthesia |
| Fitzgibbone et al., 1995177 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Fleming et al., 2001178 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Forte et al., 2003179 | Case series |
| Friis et al., 1996180 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Fuenfer et al., 1996181 | Case series |
| Fujita et al., 2004182 | Confounding by indication |
| Gao et al., 2010183 | Review |
| Garg et al., 2009184 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Gholghesaei et al., 2005185 | Review |
| Gianetta et al., 2000186 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Gilbert et al., 2004187 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Gilbert et al., 2006188 | Combined narrative review and original data; original data comparing surgeons was not specific to laparoscopy |
| Gillion et al., 1999189 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Girao et al., unpublished190 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Go et al., 1998191 | Narrative review |
| Godfrey et al., 1981192 | Anesthesia |
| Gokcora et al., 1996193 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Golash et al., 2011194 | Abstract only |
| Gontarz et al., 1998195 | Abstract only |
| Gonullu et al., 2002196 | Anesthesia |
| Goodwin et al., 1995197 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Gramke et al., 2006198 | Anesthesia |
| Grant et al., 2002199 | Review |
| Grant et al., 2002200 | Review |
| Grossmann et al., 1995201 | Case series |
| Grunwaldt et al., 2005202 | Narrative review |
| Gultekin et al., 2007203 | Anesthesia |
| Gunes et al., 2004204 | Anesthesia |
| Gupta et al., 2003205 | Anesthesia |
| Gurleyik et al., 1998206 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Gursoy et al., 1997207 | Case series |
| Guzman-Valdivia et al., 2003208 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Hadzic et al., 2006209 | Anesthesia |
| Hair et al., 2000210 | Data for different procedures not reported separately |
| Haitian et al., 2009211 | TEP procedure did not use a mesh, thus the study did not address any Key Question |
| Hakeem et al., 2010212 | Review protocol |
| Halm et al., 2005213 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Harjai et al., 2007214 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Hatch et al., 1994215 | Case series |
| Hawasli et al., 2002216 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Hay et al., 1995217 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Hernandez-Granados et al., 2000218 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Hetzer et al., 1993219 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Hidalgo et al., 2005220 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Hilgert et al., 1999221 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Himpens et al., 1993222 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Himpens et al., 1997223 | TEP procedure did not use a mesh, thus the study did not address any Key Question |
| Hindmarsh et al., 2003224 | Did not report whether mesh was used for open hernia repair |
| Holcomb et al., 1996225 | Case series |
| Hon et al., 2009226 | Anesthesia |
| Hong et al., 2010227 | Anesthesia |
| Horgan et al., 1996228 | Animal research |
| Horharin et al., 2006229 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Horstmann et al., 2006230 | Nonconcurrent enrollment |
| Horton et al., 1993231 | Case series |
| Horzia et al., 2006232 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Huang et al., 2005233 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Hussein et al., 1998234 | Case series |
| Ismail et al., 2009235 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Jacobs et al., 2004236 | Background |
| Jain et al., 2008237 | Antibiotics |
| Jain et al., 2009238 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Jani et al., 2005239 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Jansson et al., 2000240 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Janu et al., 1997241 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Janu et al., 1998242 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Jarhult et al., 1999243 | Nonconcurrent enrollment |
| Jeans et al., 2007244 | Narrative review |
| Jenkins et al., 2008245 | Background |
| Jenkinson et al., 1995246 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Jess et al., 2000247 | Antibiotics |
| Joshi et al., 1999248 | Anesthesia |
| Juang et al., 2011249 | Case series |
| Juul et al., 1999250 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Kald et al., 1997251 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Kald et al., 1997252 | Nonconcurrent enrollment |
| Kalman et al., 1995253 | Anesthesia |
| Karakayali et al., 2007254 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Kark et al., 1995255 | Case series |
| Karthikesalingam et al., 2010256 | Review |
| Kaufman et al., 1996257 | Case series |
| Kawji et al., 1999258 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Kaynak et al., 2007259 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Khajanchee et al., 2001260 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Khajanchee et al., 2004261 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Khan et al., 2006262 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Khan et al., 2010263 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Khoury et al., 1995264 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Kimura et al., 1998265 | Nonconcurrent enrollment |
| Kingsley et al., 1998266 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Kingsnorth et al., 1992267 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Kingsnorth et al., 1999268 | Clinical comment |
| Kingsnorth et al., 2000269 | Unable to locate |
| Kingsnorth et al., 2002270 | Anesthesia |
| Kiruparan et al., 1998271 | Nonconcurrent enrollment |
| Klein et al., 2002272 | Anesthesia |
| Klin et al., 2010273 | Background |
| Knapp et al., 1976274 | Anesthesia |
| Knock et al., 1999275 | Case series |
| Kocijan et al., 2010276 | Case series |
| Koinig et al., 2000277 | Anesthesia |
| Koning et al., 2010278 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Korenstein et al., 2008279 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Korman et al., 1997280 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Koukourou et al., 2001281 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Kovacs et al., 1997282 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Kozol et al., 1997283 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Krahenbuhl et al., 1997284 | Surgical experience data not on hernia recurrence but on other outcomes such as operation time or other complications |
| Krahenbuhl et al., 1998285 | Surgical experience data not on hernia recurrence but on other outcomes such as operation time or other complications |
| Krane et al., 1995286 | Anesthesia |
| Krupinski et al., 1997287 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Kucuk et al., 2010288 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Kuhry et al., 2007289 | Review |
| Kumar et al., 1997290 | Anesthesia |
| Kumar et al., 2002291 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Kunz et al., 1993292 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Kux et al., 1994293 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Kuzu et al., 2005294 | Antibiotics |
| Lai et al., 1998295 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Lange et al., 2005296 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Lange et al., 2011297 | Review |
| Lau et al., 2000298 | Did not focus sufficiently on a patient population of interest (44% of the TEP group, 14/32, had recurrent hernia, and the other 56% had primary hernia). |
| Lau et al., 2001299 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Lau et al., 2002300 | Anesthesia |
| Lau et al., 2002301 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Lau et al., 2002302 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups (only controlled for age) |
| Lau et al., 2003303 | Case series |
| Lau et al., 2003304 | Review |
| Lau et al., 2003305 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Lau et al., 2003306 | Confounding by indication: patient clinical factors decided treatment assignment |
| Lau et al., 2005307 | Only included females |
| Lauscher et al., 2008308 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Lauscher et al., 2008309 | Nonconcurrent enrollment |
| Lawrence et al., 1995310 | Surgical experience data not on hernia recurrence but on other outcomes such as operation time or other complications |
| Lawrence et al., 1996311 | Surgical experience data not on hernia recurrence but on other outcomes such as operation time or other complications |
| Lawrence et al., 1997312 | Surgical experience data not on hernia recurrence but on other outcomes such as operation time or other complications |
| Lazorthes et al., 1992313 | Antibiotics |
| Lee et al., 2002314 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Lee et al., 2010315 | Case series |
| Leibl et al., 2000316 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Leibl et al., 2005317 | Narrative review |
| Lepere et al., 2000318 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Lepere et al., 2008319 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Lerut et al., 1998320 | Narrative review |
| Liebl et al., 1999321 | Review |
| Lin et al., 1993322 | Anesthesia |
| Lin et al., 1998323 | Anesthesia |
| Lin et al., 2011324 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Litwin et al., 1994325 | Data were considering for the surgical experience question, however of the 317 patients undergoing laparoscopic repair, data related to surgical experience were only reported for 40 of them, and the reason for this selection was not reported. |
| Liu et al., 1992326 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Liu et al., 1994327 | Case series |
| Ljem et al., 1997328 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Lobe et al., 1992329 | Case series |
| Lorenz et al., 2000330 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Lotan et al., 2004331 | Case series |
| Lowham et al., 1997332 | Narrative review |
| Lugo Vicente et al., 1995333 | Case series |
| Lukaszczyk et al., 1996334 | Confounding by indication: patient clinical factors decided treatment assignment |
| Machotta et al., 2003335 | Anesthesia |
| Maddern et al., 1993336 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Maddern et al., 1994337 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Maddox et al., 2008338 | Case series |
| Maggiore et al., 2001339 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Mahon et al., 2003340 | Considered for the comparison of laparoscopic and open repair for bilateral and recurrent hernia, however the data were not reported separately for these two conditions. Overall 79% of hernias were bilateral (156/198, and 14 of the 156 were also recurrent). Overall, 28% of hernias were recurrent (56/198, and 14 of the 56 were also bilateral). |
| Malviya et al., 1992341 | Anesthesia |
| Mann et al., 1998342 | Narrative review |
| Mann et al., 1998343 | Did not focus sufficiently on a patient population of interest (24% or 12/51 had recurrent hernia, and the other 76% had primary hernia) |
| Marappan et al., 1996344 | Surgical experience data not on hernia recurrence but on other outcomes such as operation time or other complications |
| Markar et al., 2010345 | Review |
| Markey et al., 1997346 | Anesthesia |
| Massaron et al., 2007347 | Nonconcurrent enrollment |
| Massaron et al., 2008348 | Nonconcurrent enrollment |
| Matsota et al., 2007349 | Anesthesia |
| Matyja et al., 2010350 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Mayagoitia et al., 2004351 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Mayagoitia et al., 2006352 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| McCormack et al., 2005353 | Review |
| McCormack et al., 2005354 | Review |
| McCormack et al., 2008355 | Review |
| McGillicuddy et al., 1998356 | Did not address any Key Question |
| McIntosh et al., 1998357 | Comment on cost measurement |
| McIntosh et al., 2000358 | Did not address any Key Question |
| McNally et al., 2009359 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Mellinger et al., 2004360 | Clinical comment |
| Memon et al., 1999361 | Did not report data comparing the procedures |
| Memon et al., 2003362 | Review |
| Menakuru et al., 2006363 | Case series |
| Merello et al., 1997364 | Abstract only |
| Merhav et al., 1993365 | Anesthesia |
| Metzger et al., 2001366 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Miedema et al., 2004367 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Miguel et al., 1998368 | Case series |
| Mikkelsen et al., 1996369 | Anesthesia |
| Millikan et al., 1994370 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Miltenberg et al., 1998371 | Review |
| Miyazaki et al., 2001372 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Mok et al., 1998373 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Mokete et al., 2001374 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Mollen et al., 2007375 | Narrative review contralateral |
| Montupet et al., 2011376 | Case series |
| Moores et al., 1990377 | Anesthesia |
| Morgan et al., 1991378 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Muller-Riemenschneider et al., 2007379 | Incisional hernia |
| Mulroy et al., 1999380 | Anesthesia |
| Murat et al., 2005381 | Anesthesia |
| Muzio et al., 2006382 | Surgical experience data not on hernia recurrence but on other outcomes such as operation time or other complications |
| Naguib et al., 1991383 | Anesthesia |
| Naguib et al., 1995384 | Anesthesia |
| Naja et al., 2005385 | Anesthesia |
| Nathanson et al., 1996386 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Nazir et al., 1996387 | Case series |
| Neagu et al., 2000388 | Unable to verify |
| Negro et al., 2011389 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Newman et al., 1993390 | Surgical experience data not on hernia recurrence but on other outcomes such as operation time or other complications |
| Nicholson et al., 1999391 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Nienhuijs et al., 2005392 | Case series |
| Nienhuijs et al., 2007393 | Review |
| Nishimura et al., 2000394 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Nixon et al., 2009395 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Niyogi et al., 2010396 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Nordin et al., 2002397 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Nordin et al., 2003398 | Anesthesia |
| Nordin et al., 2004399 | Anesthesia |
| Nordin et al., 2007400 | Anesthesia |
| Nordin et al., unpublished401 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Nyhus et al., 1993402 | Background |
| Oberg et al., 2005403 | Case series |
| Obrist et al., 2011404 | Abstract only |
| O’Dwyer et al., 2003405 | Anesthesia |
| Oehlenschlager et al., 2010406 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Ohana et al., 2006407 | Did not address any Key Question |
| O’Hanlon et al., 1996408 | Anesthesia |
| O’Riordain et al., 1998409 | Anesthesia |
| Osuigwe et al., 2006410 | Antibiotics |
| Ozcengiz et al., 2001411 | Anesthesia |
| Ozgediz et al., 2007412 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Ozgun et al., 2002413 | Anesthesia |
| Ozkan et al., 2009414 | Anesthesia |
| Ozmen et al., 2011415 | Abstract only |
| Paajanen, 2003416 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Paajanen et al., 2010417 | Nonrandomized study with a multivariate analysis but it did not specifically address any Key Questions (e.g., the open vs laparoscopic comparison in the multivariate analysis included many non-mesh procedures). |
| Page et al., 2002418 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Paily et al., 2009419 | Case series |
| Pala et al., 2009420 | Anesthesia |
| Panos et al., 1992421 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Panton et al., 1994422 | Case series |
| Papachristou et al., 2002423 | Confounding by indication |
| Papaziogas et al., 2004424 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Pappalardo et al., 1999425 | Case series |
| Pardieck et al., 1998426 | Case series |
| Passariello et al., 2004427 | Anesthesia |
| Paul et al., 1994428 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Pawanindra et al., 2010429 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Payne et al., 1992430 | Anesthesia |
| Payne et al., 1996431 | Abstract only |
| Peiper et al., 1994432 | Anesthesia |
| Pelissier et al., 2006433 | Case series |
| Perez et al., 2005434 | Antibiotics |
| Perko et al., 2011435 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Pessaux et al., 2006436 | Antibiotics |
| Pet≤hßzi et al., 1999437 | Case series |
| Picchio et al., 2004438 | Neurectomy |
| Pierides et al., 2011439 | Duplicate of already included article |
| Platt et al., 1990440 | Antibiotics |
| Podolsky et al., 2010441 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Polat et al., 2003442 | Did not report any outcomes of interest |
| Poobalan et al., 2001443 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Poobalan et al., 2003444 | Review |
| Pradhan et al., 2008445 | Anesthesia |
| Praveen et al., 2009446 | Antibiotics |
| Prieto-Díaz-Chávez et al., 2005447 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Prieto-Diaz-Chavez et al., 2009448 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Prior et al., 1998449 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Pullyblank et al., 2002450 | Case series |
| Purkayastha et al., 2008451 | Review |
| Quilici et al., 1993452 | Surgical experience data not on hernia recurrence but on other outcomes such as operation time or other complications |
| Quilici et al., 1996453 | Surgical experience data not on hernia recurrence but on other outcomes such as operation time or other complications |
| Quilici et al., 2000454 | Did not report data comparing the procedures |
| Rahr et al., 2006455 | Did not report any outcomes of interest |
| Rajapandian et al., 2010456 | Case series |
| Ramon et al., 1998457 | Abstract only |
| Ramshaw et al., 1995458 | Nonconcurrent enrollment |
| Ramshaw et al., 1996459 | Nonconcurrent enrollment |
| Ramshaw et al., 1996460 | Case series |
| Ramshaw et al., 1996461 | Nonconcurrent enrollment |
| Ravichandran et al., 2000462 | Neurectomy |
| Richards et al., 2004463 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Rizk et al., 1994464 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Rogers et al., 1998465 | Fewer than 10 patients enrolled in at least one of the relevant groups |
| Romsing et al., 2001466 | Anesthesia |
| Ron et al., 2007467 | Risk of developing pediatric contralateral hernia |
| Rose et al., 1999468 | Case series |
| Rosen et al., 2001469 | Did not report any outcomes of interest |
| Rosenberg et al., 2008470 | Background |
| Rowbotham et al., 1998471 | Anesthesia |
| Rudkin et al., 1995472 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Ruhanen et al., 1994473 | Anesthesia |
| Rukas et al., 2000474 | Unable to verify |
| Rulli et al., 1998475 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Rutkow et al., 1993476 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Rutkow et al., 1995477 | Case series |
| Rutkow et al., 2003478 | Not an empirical study |
| Saad et al., 1999479 | Case series |
| Saad et al., 2011480 | Case series |
| Saadawy et al., 2009481 | Anesthesia |
| Saggar et al., 2008482 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Salameh et al., 2002483 | Did not report how many open repairs involved a mesh |
| Sale et al., 2006484 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Sanabria et al., 2007485 | Review |
| Sanchez-Manuel et al., 2009486 | Review |
| Sandbichler et al., 1996487 | Case series |
| Sandenaa et al., 2001488 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Santoro et al., 2007489 | Nonconcurrent enrollment |
| Saranga Bharathi et al., 2008490 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Saranga Bharathi et al., 2008491 | Background |
| Sarli et al., 2001492 | Simultaneous cholecystectomy |
| Savarise et al., 2001493 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Schafer et al., 2010494 | Review |
| Schindler et al., 1991495 | Anesthesia |
| Schmedt et al., 2002496 | Review |
| Schmedt et al., 2005497 | Review |
| Schmidt et al., 2006498 | Nonconcurrent enrollment |
| Schneider et al., 2003499 | Did not focus sufficiently on a patient population of interest (21% of patients, 12/56, had recurrent hernia, and the other 79% had primary hernia, and data were not reported separately) |
| Schrenk et al., 1996500 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Schroder et al., 2004501 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Schultz et al., 1995502 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Schurz et al., 1995503 | Did not report whether mesh was used for open hernia repair |
| Schwab et al., 2004504 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Schwab et al., 2006505 | Nonconcurrent enrollment |
| Schwab et al., 2008506 | Simulated hernia repair |
| Schwobel et al., 1999507 | Case series |
| Scott et al., 1989508 | Anesthesia |
| Scott et al., 2008509 | Review |
| Shah et al., 2009510 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Shah et al., 2011511 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Shamim et al., 2006512 | Did not address any Key Question |
| She et al., 2011513 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Shehata et al., 2011514 | Abstract only |
| Sherwinter et al., 2010515 | Nonconcurrent enrollment |
| Simons et al., 1996516 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Sinclair et al., 1988517 | Anesthesia |
| Sinha et al., 2006518 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Smedburg et al., 1984519 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Smeds et al., 2010520 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Smith et al., 2001521 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Somri et al., 1998522 | Anesthesia |
| Sondenaa et al., 2001488 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Song et al., 2000523 | Anesthesia |
| Sosa et al., 1994524 | Case series |
| Spittal et al., 1992525 | Anesthesia |
| Splinter et al., 1995526 | Anesthesia |
| Srsen et al., 2008527 | Did not focus sufficiently on a patient population of interest (17% of patients, 36/216, had recurrent hernia, and the other 83% had primary hernia, and data were not reported separately) |
| Staerkle et al., 2009528 | Case series |
| Stark et al., 1999529 | Surgical experience data not on hernia recurrence but on other outcomes such as operation time or other complications |
| Steinau et al., 1999530 | Case series |
| Stengel et al., 2004531 | Review |
| Stoker et al., 1994532 | Surgical experience data not on hernia recurrence but on other outcomes such as operation time or other complications |
| Stoppa et al., 1998533 | Background |
| Stylopoulos et al., 2003534 | Cost-effectiveness analysis |
| Subwongcharoen et al., 2002535 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Sucullu et al., 2010536 | Did not report any outcomes of interest |
| Surana et al., 1993537 | Case series |
| Tagaya et al., 1995538 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Tai et al., 2011539 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for selection bias |
| Takahara et al., 1995540 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Tammadon et al., 2005541 | Case series |
| Tamme et al., 2005542 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Tanovia et al., 2005543 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Tanphiphat et al., 1998544 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Tantia et al., 2009545 | Did not report any outcomes comparing procedures |
| Taylor et al., 1997546 | Antibiotics |
| Teasdale et al., 1982547 | Anesthesia |
| Terzi et al., 2005548 | Antibiotics |
| Tetik et al., 1994549 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Thaha et al., 2008550 | Review |
| Thapar et al., 2000551 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Thill et al., 1994552 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Topal et al., 1997553 | Case series |
| Topart et al., 2005554 | Nonconcurrent enrollment |
| Toufique et al., 2009555 | Case series |
| Toy et al., 1996556 | Case series |
| Tran et al., 1992557 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Triantafyllidis et al., 2011558 | Abstract only |
| Tsai et al., 2010559 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Tsakayannis et al., 2004560 | Neurectomy |
| Tschudi et al., 1996561 | Surgical experience data not on hernia recurrence but on other outcomes such as operation time or other complications |
| Tucker et al., 1995562 | Case series |
| Turial et al., 2011563 | Case series |
| Twersky et al., 1995564 | Anesthesia |
| Tzovaras et al., 2007565 | Antibiotics |
| Ulman et al., 1995566 | Case series |
| Unknown author et al., 2004567 | Trial synopsis |
| Ure et al., 2000568 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Vale et al., 2003569 | Review |
| Vale et al., 2004570 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Vallribrera et al., 1997571 | Did not address any Key Question |
| van den Heuvel et al., 2011572 | Narrative review |
| Van Den Tol et al., 1996573 | Did not address any Key Question |
| van der Pool et al., 2010574 | Case series |
| van der Zwaal et al., 2008575 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Van Hee et al., 1998576 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| van Veen et al., 2007577 | Did not address any Key Question |
| van Veen et al., 2007578 | Did not address any Key Question |
| van Veen et al., 2008579 | Anesthesia |
| Varshney et al., 1995580 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Velanovich et al., 2000581 | Confounding by indication |
| Velanovich et al., 2006582 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Velasco et al., 1996583 | Nonconcurrent enrollment |
| Velasco et al., 1998584 | Case series |
| Vidovic et al., 2007585 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Vincent et al., 2003586 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Vogt et al., 1996587 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Voyles et al., 2002588 | Review |
| Vrijland et al., 2002589 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Waechter et al., 2001590 | Anesthesia |
| Wake et al., 2008591 | Review |
| Wassef et al., 1998592 | Anesthesia |
| Webb et al., 1999593 | Review protocol |
| Weiland et al., 1998594 | Wound closure |
| Welborn et al., 1990595 | Anesthesia |
| Weldon et al., 2004596 | Anesthesia |
| Wennstrom et al., 2004597 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Weyhe et al., 2007598 | Narrative review |
| Weyhe et al., 2007599 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Wheeler et al., 1993600 | Case series |
| Willaert et al., 2009601 | Review protocol |
| Williams et al., 1999602 | Survey of beliefs |
| Williams et al., 2001603 | Anesthesia |
| Wilson et al., 1995604 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Wilson et al., 2010605 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Winslow et al., 2004606 | Surgical experience data not on hernia recurrence but on other outcomes such as operation time or other complications |
| Witkowski et al., 2000607 | Unable to verify |
| Woods et al., 2008608 | Narrative review |
| Wulkan et al., 1996609 | Case series |
| Yamamoto et al., 2002610 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
| Yerdel et al., 2001611 | Antibiotics |
| Zampieri et al., 2008612 | Case series |
| Zeybek et al., 2008613 | Did not address any Key Question |
| Zhao et al., 2009614 | Review |
| Zhu et al., 2009615 | Did not report any outcomes of interest |
| Zib et al., 2002616 | Review |
| Zieren et al., 2003617 | Case series |
| Zigman et al., 1998618 | Case series |
| Zollinger et al., 2003619 | Background |
| Zwaal et al., 2008620 | Nonrandomized study that did not attempt to control for possible baseline differences between groups |
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