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ReviewBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2008

Inguinal hernias.

John T Jenkins, Patrick J O'Dwyer

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Review in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04504461 (Ambulatory Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernioplasty), which is not on this map. Cited by 171 papers, 14 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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171citing papers in PubMed, 14 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04504461 completednot on this mapstarted 2015, after this paper: background citation

Ambulatory Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernioplasty: Feasibility and Cost Minimization Analysis in a South American Hospital

TypeobservationalSponsorHospital Italiano de Buenos AiresRan2015 to 2019Enrolled116ConditionsInguinal HerniaArmsAnalysis of feasibility and costs
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

171 citing papers in PubMed, 14 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  11. Mesh versus non-mesh for inguinal and femoral hernia repair.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018
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  13. Male infertility following inguinal hernia repair: a systematic review and pooled analysis.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2017
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  14. Uniformity of Chronic Pain Assessment after Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Critical Review of the Literature.European surgical research. Europaische chirurgische Forschung. Recherches chirurgicales europeennes · 2017
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111 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

John T JenkinsUniversity Department of Surgery, Western Infirmary, Glasgow G11 6NT. mrianjenkins@hotmail.com
Patrick J O'Dwyer

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Hernia, InguinalChronic DiseaseHumansInfertilityOrthotic DevicesPostoperative ComplicationsPostoperative PainRecurrenceSurgical Mesh

Identifiers

PMID18244999
PMCPMC2223000

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