De Haes, F. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1396-8788
Bullen, N. L.
Antoniou, G. A.
Smart, N. J.
Antoniou, S. A.
Article History
Received: 19 January 2019
Accepted: 28 April 2019
First Online: 9 May 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: NJS receives speaker fees for hernia surgery subjects by Medtronic and GORE. FDH, SAA, NLB and GAA have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.
: We do have a registration on PROSPERO (registration number CRD42018092400) and agreement of our institute.
: This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors.
: No new patients or animals were studied, as this is a systematic review and meta-analysis.