Inguinal hernia repair: The total picture.

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Schley's inguinal hernia repair: a single unit's experience of a forgotten technique.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2015
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2. Anisotropic evaluation of synthetic surgical meshes.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2011
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3. Activation of human mononuclear cells by porcine biologic meshes in vitro.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2010
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4. Human monocyte activation by biologic and biodegradable meshes in vitro.Surgical endoscopy · 2010
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5. Surgical innovation.The Indian journal of surgery · 2009
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Corrections and comments

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Authors and funding

1 author.

Funding

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Abstract

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