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SynthesisHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery2021

Measuring quality of life in patients with abdominal wall hernias: a systematic review of available tools.

T N Grove, L J Muirhead, S G Parker, D R L Brogden, S C Mills, C Kontovounisios, A C J Windsor, O J Warren

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Synthesis in Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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26citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from 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.

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.

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

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. The top 100 most-cited papers in incisional hernia: a bibliometric analysis from 2003 to 2023.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

T N GroveAbdominal Wall Reconstruction Unit, Department of Surgery, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK.
L J MuirheadAbdominal Wall Reconstruction Unit, Department of Surgery, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK.
S G ParkerAbdominal Wall Reconstruction Unit, Department of Surgery, University College Hospital, London, UK.
D R L BrogdenAbdominal Wall Reconstruction Unit, Department of Surgery, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK.
S C MillsAbdominal Wall Reconstruction Unit, Department of Surgery, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK.
C KontovounisiosAbdominal Wall Reconstruction Unit, Department of Surgery, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK. c.kontovounisios@imperial.ac.uk.
A C J WindsorHCA Healthcare, London, UK.
O J WarrenAbdominal Wall Reconstruction Unit, Department of Surgery, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK.
Imperial College London · GBChelsea and Westminster Hospital · GBInforma Healthcare · GBUniversity College London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionAbdominal wall herniation (AWH) is an increasing problem for patients, surgeons, and healthcare providers. Surgical-site specific outcomes, such as infection, recurrence, and mesh explantation, are improving; however, successful repair still exposes the patient to what is often a complex major operation aimed at improving quality of life. Quality-of-life (QOL) outcomes, such as aesthetics, pain, and physical and emotional functioning, are less often and less well reported. We reviewed QOL tools currently available to evaluate their suitability.

methodsA systematic review of the literature in compliance with PRISMA guidelines was performed between 1st January 1990 and 1st May 2019. English language studies using validated quality-of-life assessment tool, whereby outcomes using this tool could be assessed were included.

resultsHeterogeneity in the QOL tool used for reporting outcome was evident throughout the articles reviewed. AWH disease-specific tools, hernia-specific tools, and generic tools were used throughout the literature with no obviously preferred or dominant method identified.

conclusionDespite increasing acknowledgement of the need to evaluate QOL in patients with AWH, no tool has become dominant in this field. Assessment, therefore, of the impact of certain interventions or techniques on quality of life remains difficult and will continue to do so until an adequate standardised outcome measurement tool is available.

Indexed as

Abdominal WallHernia, VentralHerniorrhaphyHumansQuality of LifeRecurrenceSurgical MeshAbdominal wallIncisional herniaQuality of lifeVentral hernia

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PMID32415651
PMCPMC8055629
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