Observational studySurgical endoscopy2019
Long-term results of laparoscopic versus open intraperitoneal onlay mesh incisional hernia repair: a propensity score-matched analysis.
Observational study in Surgical endoscopy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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
23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Outcomes of intraperitoneal compared to retromuscular mesh placement in ventral incisional hernia repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Pooled it
- Ventral hernia is a chronic disease: a systematic review of long-term outcomes beyond 5 years.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Robotic ventral hernia repair versus non-robotic techniques: a SAGES systematic review and meta-analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Beyond acronyms: a domain-based structural analysis of abdominal wall hernia repair techniques in the contemporary literature.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- How Reproducible Are Abdominal Wall Surgical Techniques? A Methodological Assessment of Technical Reporting in the Contemporary Literature.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2026Article
- Transversus abdominis release with biosynthetic mesh for large ventral hernia repair: a 5-year analysis of clinical outcomes and quality of life.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2024Article
- Long-term mesh-related complications from minimally invasive intraperitoneal onlay mesh for small to medium-sized ventral hernias.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
- Mini- or less-open sublay (E/MILOS) operation vs open sublay and laparoscopic IPOM repair for the treatment of incisional hernias: a registry-based propensity score matched analysis of the 5-year results.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2024Article
- Botulinum Toxin and Progressive Pneumoperitoneum in Loss of Domain Ventral Hernias: A Systematic Review.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2024Review
- Predictors for surgical site infection in patients undergoing therapeutic or prophylactic intra-abdominal onlay mesh (IPOM) implantation in clean and contaminated surgical fields.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Observational
- S041-Trends and short-term outcomes of three approaches to minimally invasive repair of small ventral hernias. An ACHQC analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
- Elective incisional hernia repair: lower risk of postoperative wound infection with laparoscopic versus open repair.Singapore medical journal · 2023Article
- Predictive factors of recurrence for laparoscopic repair of primary and incisional ventral hernias with single mesh from a multicenter study.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- A novel approach for the treatment of Morgagni hernias: robotic transabdominal preperitoneal diaphragmatic hernia repair.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2022Article
- Mesh fixation to fascia during incisional hernia repair results in increased prevalence of pain at long-term follow up: a multicenter propensity score matched prospective observational study.Surgical endoscopy · 2022Observational
- Adjunct botox to preoperative progressive pneumoperitoneum for incisional hernia with loss of domain: no additional effect but may improve outcomes.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2021Article
- Necessary duration of follow-up to assess complications of mesh in hernia surgery: a time-lapse study based on 460 explants.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2021Article
- [Management of late onset septic complications after IPOM implantation: case series from a hernia center].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2021Article
- Article
- Non-closure of the Free Peritoneal Flap During Laparoscopic Hernia Repair of Lower Abdominal Marginal Hernia: A Retrospective Analysis.Frontiers in surgery · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundIntraperitoneal onlay mesh repair (IPOM) of incisional hernia is performed by laparoscopic and open access. The aim of the present study is to compare open versus laparoscopic surgery specifically using an IPOM technique for incisional hernia repair.
methodsA propensity score-matched observational single center study of patients that underwent IPOM between 2004 and 2015 was conducted. The primary outcome was hernia recurrence; secondary outcomes include length of stay, surgical site infections (SSI), complications, and localization of recurrence.
resultsAmong 553 patients with incisional hernia repair, 59% underwent laparoscopic and 41% open IPOM. A total of 184 patients completed follow-up. After a mean follow-up of 5.5 years recurrence rate was 20% in laparoscopic and 19% in open repair (p = 1.000). Patients undergoing laparoscopic IPOM had significantly reduced operation time (median 120 vs. 180 min, p < 0.001), shorter hospital stays (6 vs. 8 days, p = 0.002), less complications (10 vs. 23%, p = 0.046), and fewer SSI (1 vs. 21%, p < 0.001).
conclusionsLaparoscopic IPOM is associated with reduced morbidity compared to open IPOM for incisional hernia repair.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.