ArticleFrontiers in surgery2026
Laparoscopic versus open emergency repair for strangulated abdominal wall hernias: a propensity-score-matched retrospective cohort study.
Article in Frontiers in surgery, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background and objectives: The optimal surgical approach for incarcerated or strangulated abdominal wall hernias remains debated. While laparoscopic techniques are well established electively, evidence on their emergency-setting role is limited. This study compared open and laparoscopic repair in patients undergoing emergency surgery for incarcerated or strangulated abdominal wall hernias, focusing on postoperative morbidity, mortality, operative time, and hospital stay. Materials and methods: This retrospective single-center cohort study included 180 consecutive patients treated between January 2023 and June 2025, analyzed by initially intended approach (open, Results: Groups were comparable in baseline characteristics (all Conclusions: Laparoscopic repair of strangulated abdominal wall hernias was associated with shorter hospital stay and lower ileus rates, but longer operative time, than open repair, with no significant difference in wound morbidity or mortality. Given the non-randomized design and limited power for the wound-complication comparison (∼35%), these findings-particularly regarding wound morbidity-should be considered hypothesis-generating. Laparoscopic repair may be a reasonable option in carefully selected, hemodynamically stable patients, pending confirmation by adequately powered multicenter trials.
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.