ArticleOpen medicine (Warsaw, Poland)2016
Self-gripping mesh versus fibrin glue fixation in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: a randomized prospective clinical trial in young and elderly patients.
Article in Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Meta-analysis of RCTs on the safety of non-fixation of mesh in TAPP inguinal hernia repair: an updated meta-analysis.BMC surgery · 2024Pooled it
- No evidence for fixation of mesh in laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) inguinal hernia repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Pooled it
- Comparative efficacy and safety of surgical techniques for inguinal hernia repair in elderly patients: a network meta-analysis.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Review
- Penetrating versus non-penetrating mesh fixation in laparoscopic groin hernia repair.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Review
- Outcomes of 207 totally extraperitoneal hernia repairs using self-fixation mesh.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Stromal vascular fraction cells as biologic coating of mesh for hernia repair.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2020Article
- Causes of recurrence in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2018Review
- Histopathological features and tissue remodeling in chronic abdominal wall mesh infection - a clinicopathological study.Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologieArticle
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Abstract
Laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair is a safe and effective technique. In this study we tested the hypothesis that self-gripping mesh used with the laparoscopic approach is comparable to polypropylene mesh in terms of perioperative complications, against a lower overall cost of the procedure. We carried out a prospective randomized trial comparing a group of 30 patients who underwent laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair with self-gripping mesh versus a group of 30 patients who received polypropylene mesh with fibrin glue fixation. There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups with regard to intraoperative variables, early or late intraoperative complications, chronic pain or recurrence. Self-gripping mesh in transabdominal hernia repair was found to be a valid alternative to polypropylene mesh in terms of complications, recurrence and postoperative pain. The cost analysis and comparability of outcomes support the preferential use of self-gripping mesh.
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