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ArticleHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery2022

Meta-analysis of the outcomes of Trans Rectus Sheath Extra-Peritoneal Procedure (TREPP) for inguinal hernia. Author's reply.

S Hajibandeh, S Hajibandeh, L Evans, T Havard, N N Naguib, A H Helmy

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Article in Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. A Call to Change the Nomenclature of "Open" Inguinal Hernia Repair.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

S HajibandehDepartment of General Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff & Vale NHS Trust, Cardiff, UK. shahab_hajibandeh@yahoo.com.ORCID 0000-0002-3294-4335
S HajibandehHepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
L EvansDepartment of General Surgery, Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Cwm Taf University Health Board, Pontyclun, UK.
T HavardDepartment of General Surgery, Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Cwm Taf University Health Board, Pontyclun, UK.
N N NaguibDepartment of General Surgery, Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Cwm Taf University Health Board, Pontyclun, UK.
A H HelmyDepartment of General Surgery, Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Cwm Taf University Health Board, Pontyclun, UK.
Royal Glamorgan Hospital · GBCardiff and Vale University Health Board · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Abdominal WallHernia, InguinalLaparoscopyHerniorrhaphyHumansMeta-Analysis as TopicSurgical MeshHernia repairInguinal herniaTREPP

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PMID35616753
OpenAlexW4281572760

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