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Is Shouldice the best NON-MESH inguinal hernia repair technique? A systematic review and network metanalysis of randomized controlled trials comparing Shouldice and Desarda
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Bracale, Umberto, Melillo, Paolo, Piaggio, Davide, Pecchia, Leandro, Cuccurullo, Diego, Milone, Marco, De Palma, Giovanni Domenico, Cavallaro, Giuseppe, Campanelli, Giampiero, Merola, Giovanni and Stabilini, Cesare (2019) Is Shouldice the best NON-MESH inguinal hernia repair technique? A systematic review and network metanalysis of randomized controlled trials comparing Shouldice and Desarda. International Journal of Surgery, 62 . pp. 12-21. doi:10.1016/j.ijsu.2019.01.001
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2019.01.001
Abstract
Background
Current guidelines state that the Shouldice technique has lower recurrence rates than other suture repairs and therefore is strongly recommended in non-mesh inguinal hernia repair. Recently a new tissue repair technique has been proposed by Desarda and studied in trials against Lichtenstein technique.
Methods
The present study was performed according to the PRISMA Statement for Network Meta-analysis and the AMSTAR 2 checklist. The method of network meta-analysis was chosen to evaluate randomized controlled trial published on tissue repair and comparing Lichtenstein respectively with Desarda and Shouldice techniques. The following parameters: operative time, recurrence, complications (general, intraoperative, Surgical Surgical Site Occurrences), VAS score on postoperative day 1, numbness, chronic pain and return to daily activities.
Results
Fourteen RCTs, involving 2791 patients, fulfilled the inclusion criteria and were selected for final analysis. The anchored indirect treatment comparison showed that Desarda's technique requires a significantly shorter operative time (MD: −12.9 min; 95% CI: −20.6 to −5.2) and has a quicker recovery (MD: −6.6 days; 95% CI: −11.7 to −1.4). Outcomes concerning intraoperative complications, early postoperative pain, seroma/hematoma, hydrocele and infection rates, recurrence, numbness and chronic pain were similar among the two techniques.
Conclusions
Desarda's hernia repair can be a valuable alternative to Shouldice technique for the treatment of primary inguinal hernia repair if a non-mesh technique is chosen, because of its reproducibility and quicker postoperative recovery. We recommend performing well designed prospective studies comparing both techniques directly.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RD Surgery | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Engineering | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Shouldice, Desarda, Inguinal hernia | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Surgery | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1743-9159 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | February 2019 | ||||||||
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 January 2019 | ||||||||
| Volume: | 62 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 12-21 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijsu.2019.01.001 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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