van Hout, Ludo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8084-4577
Vriens, Patrick W. H. E.
Bökkerink, Willem J. V.
Article History
Received: 1 September 2024
Accepted: 1 December 2024
First Online: 12 December 2024
Declarations
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: All procedures performed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institute and regional research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. An independent Medical Ethics Review Committee approved the study (METC Brabant, number NW2016-36 (Q1.6 Inguinal Hernia Application) and METC Arnhem-Nijmegen, number 2012/060 (ENTREPPMENT)).
: This article does not contain any studies with animals performed by any of the authors. Human rights were taken into account.
: Informed consent for participation and publication was obtained from all individual participants included both studies.
: L. van Hout, P. Vriens, and W. Bökkerink declare that they have no conflict of interest.