Nonabsorbable tacks vs nonabsorbable tacks plus nonabsorbable sutures: Recurrence
It is very uncertain whether nonabsorbable tacks changes recurrence (2 years) compared with nonabsorbable tacks plus nonabsorbable sutures (very low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Nonabsorbable tacks vs nonabsorbable tacks plus nonabsorbable sutures Recurrence (3 months) · People with primary ventral or incisional hernia repair Mesh fixation techniques in primary ventral or incisional hernia repair (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 185 participants | Very low |
Nonabsorbable tacks vs nonabsorbable tacks plus nonabsorbable sutures Recurrence (2 years) · People with primary ventral or incisional hernia repair It is very uncertain whether nonabsorbable tacks changes recurrence (2 years) compared with nonabsorbable tacks plus nonabsorbable sutures (very low certainty). Mesh fixation techniques in primary ventral or incisional hernia repair (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.33 [0.04, 2.82] | 1 study · 63 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesh fixation techniques in primary ventral or incisional hernia repair 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.