Commentary on: low-cost mesh for inguinal hernia repair in resource-limited settings.

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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. The use of sterilized mosquito nets for hernioplasty: a systematic review.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2012
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2. Burden of inguinal, femoral, and abdominal hernias in India: A systematic analysis of prevalence, incidence, mortality, and DALYs from global burden of disease study 1990-2021 with projections to 2031.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025
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3. Medical equipment donation in low-resource settings: a review of the literature and guidelines for surgery and anaesthesia in low-income and middle-income countries.BMJ global health · 2019
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4. In-vitro examination of the biocompatibility of fibroblast cell lines on alloplastic meshes and sterilized polyester mosquito mesh.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2017
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5. Mosquito net mesh for abdominal wall hernioplasty: a comparison of material characteristics with commercial prosthetics.World journal of surgery · 2013
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6. Cost-effectiveness of inguinal hernia surgery in northwestern Ecuador.World journal of surgery · 2013
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Corrections and comments

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  Low-cost mesh for inguinal hernia repair in resource-limited settings.2011

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

Abstract

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