Infection (1 month) · People with primary ventral or incisional hernia repair
Absorbable tacks showed no clear difference in infection (1 month) compared with fibrin sealant (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Recurrence · People with primary ventral or incisional hernia repair
It is very uncertain whether nonabsorbable tacks changes recurrence (1 year) compared with fibrin sealant (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Early postoperative pain (VAS 0 ‐ 100, 2 days) · People with primary ventral or incisional hernia repair
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
50 participants
Low
Pain (up to 1 year) · People with primary ventral or incisional hernia repair
1 finding from 1 review
Health‐related quality of life (up to 1 year) · People with primary ventral or incisional hernia repair
1 finding from 1 review
Seroma (30 days) · People with primary ventral or incisional hernia repair
Nonabsorbable tacks showed no clear difference in seroma (30 days) compared with fibrin sealant (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Haematoma (proportion of participants in each group with haematoma; · People with primary ventral or incisional hernia repair
Nonabsorbable tacks showed no clear difference in haematoma (30 days) compared with fibrin sealant (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Postoperative superficial infections · People with primary ventral or incisional hernia repair
It is very uncertain whether nonabsorbable tacks changes superficial infection (30 days) compared with fibrin sealant (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Recurrence · People with primary ventral or incisional hernia repair
It is very uncertain whether nonabsorbable tacks plus nonabsorbable sutures changes recurrence (2 years) compared with nonabsorbable sutures (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Early postoperative pain (VAS 0 ‐ 10, 1 day) · People with primary ventral or incisional hernia repair
1 finding from 1 review
Chronic pain · People with primary ventral or incisional hernia repair
1 finding from 1 review
Seroma (7 days) · People with primary ventral or incisional hernia repair
It is very uncertain whether nonabsorbable tacks plus nonabsorbable sutures changes seroma (7 days) compared with nonabsorbable sutures (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Mesh infection (postoperative not specified) · People with primary ventral or incisional hernia repair
1 finding from 1 review