Open AccessAnalysing the benefits of laparoscopic hernia repair compared to open repair: A meta-analysis of observational studies
Author(s) -
SarahA Salvilla,
Sundeep Thusu,
SukhmeetS Panesar
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/0972-9941.103107
Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , meta analysis , surgery , confidence interval , odds ratio , incisional hernia , laparoscopy , hernia , incidence (geometry) , physics , optics
The purpose of this study is to compare the difference of incidence of post-operative complications, operative time, length of stay and recurrence of patients undergoing laparoscopic or open repair of their ventral/incisional hernia a meta-analytic technique for observational studies.
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