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A meta-analysis of the EU Hernia Trialist Collaboration of all available prospective randomized trials could prove a significant lower recurrence rates for techniques with the use of mesh after primary repair of groin hernias (⊡ Table 29.1) [1, 2]. There was no statistical difference between the open and the endoscopic techniques in the recurrence rate after primary repair when a mesh was used. In the nationwide Danish hernia database as large prospective observational study of 26,304 herniorrhaphies the re-operation rates 30 months after anterior mesh repair and laparoscopic repair were significantly lower than after sutured posterior wall repairs in primary inguinal hernia (2.2 and 2.6% vs. 4.4%; p < 0.0001). Re-operation rates were also lower with anterior mesh repair (6.1%; p < 0.0001) and laparoscopic repair (3.4%) after recurrent hernia (⊡ Table 29.2) [3].
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Kockerling, F., Schug-Pass, C. (2007). Recurrence and Mesh Material. In: Schumpelick, V., Fitzgibbons, R.J. (eds) Recurrent Hernia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68988-1_29
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