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01-10-2020 | Letter to the Editor
Comment to: analysing topics using different methods promotes constructive debates. Author's reply
Author:
U. Klinge
Published in:
Hernia
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Issue 5/2020
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Excerpt
In November 2019 Gavriilidis et al. compared total extraperitoneal endoscopic hernioplasty (TEP) with Lichtenstein hernioplasty by updated traditional and cumulative meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (RCT) [
1]. They concluded that the data revealed significantly higher rates of recurrence and vascular injuries in the TEP cohort compared to the Lichtenstein cohort. …