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ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2015

[Inguinal hernia in sub-Saharan Africa: what role for Shouldice technique?].

Drissa Traoré, Lasseny Diarra, Bréhima Coulibaly, Brehima Bengaly, Birama Togola, Alhassane Traoré, Hamady Traoré, Nouhoum Ongoïba, Filifing Sissoko, Abdel Karim Koumaré

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Article in The Pan African medical journal, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

  1. Adult groin hernia surgery in sub-Saharan Africa: a 20-year systematic review and meta-analysis.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2023
    Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Results of Shouldice hernia repair after 18 years of follow-up in all the patients.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2021
    Article
  5. Improving surgical education in East Africa with a standardized hernia training program.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2021
    Article
  6. Giant elephantiasis and inguino-scrotal hernia.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Drissa TraoréFaculté de Médecine et d'Odonto Stomatologie de Bamako, Mali ; Institut Africain de Formation en Pédagogie, Recherche et Evaluation en Sciences de la Santé (IAFPRESS) Bamako, Mali ; Service de Chirurgie B CHU du Point G, Mali.
Lasseny DiarraService de Chirurgie B CHU du Point G, Mali.
Bréhima CoulibalyFaculté de Médecine et d'Odonto Stomatologie de Bamako, Mali ; Institut Africain de Formation en Pédagogie, Recherche et Evaluation en Sciences de la Santé (IAFPRESS) Bamako, Mali ; Service de Chirurgie B CHU du Point G, Mali.
Brehima BengalyService de Chirurgie B CHU du Point G, Mali.
Birama TogolaFaculté de Médecine et d'Odonto Stomatologie de Bamako, Mali ; Service de Chirurgie B CHU du Point G, Mali.
Alhassane TraoréService de Chirurgie Générale CHU Gabriel Touré, Mali.
Hamady TraoréService de Chirurgie CHU-OS, Mali.
Nouhoum OngoïbaFaculté de Médecine et d'Odonto Stomatologie de Bamako, Mali ; Service de Chirurgie B CHU du Point G, Mali.
Filifing SissokoFaculté de Médecine et d'Odonto Stomatologie de Bamako, Mali ; Service de Chirurgie B CHU du Point G, Mali.
Abdel Karim KoumaréFaculté de Médecine et d'Odonto Stomatologie de Bamako, Mali ; Institut Africain de Formation en Pédagogie, Recherche et Evaluation en Sciences de la Santé (IAFPRESS) Bamako, Mali ; Service de Chirurgie B CHU du Point G, Mali.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHernia, InguinalHerniorrhaphyHumansMaleMaliMiddle AgedRecurrenceRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultInguinal herniarelapsesShouldice technique

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PMID26664551
PMCPMC4662532

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