Hodgkinson, J. D.
de Vries, F. E. E.
Claessen, J. J. M.
Leo, C. A.
Maeda, Y.
van Ruler, O.
Lapid, O.
Obdeijn, M. C.
Tanis, P. J.
Bemelman, W. A.
Constantinides, J.
Hanna, G. B.
Warusavitarne, J.
Boermeester, M. A.
Vaizey, C.
Funding for this research was provided by:
British Hernia Society
Article History
Received: 1 October 2019
Accepted: 30 December 2019
First Online: 10 February 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: JDH, FEEdV, JJMC, CAL, YM, OvR, OL, MCO, PJT, WAB, JC, GBH and JW declare no conflict of interest directly related to the current work; MAB declares no conflict of interest directly related to the current work and reports institutional research grants from Baxter, Mylan, Ipsen, Acelity/KCI, Bard, LifeCell and Johnson & Johnson/Ethicon and New Compliance; and is a speaker or advisory board member for Acelity/KCI, Bard, LifeCell/Allergan, Gore, Bard, Smith&Nephew and Johnson & Johnson / Ethicon; CJV declares no conflict of interest directly related to the current work and declares consultancy advisor to Acelity and paid lecture for Allergan.
: This study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee (East of England REC ref 16/EE/0348; IRAS 210325) and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Ethical approval for the study was given by local and national bodies in both centres as stated in the manuscript.
: This retrospective study involving human participants was in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee.
: Data were obtained from records obtained for clinical purposes.