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
Absorbable tacks showed no clear difference in recurrence (1 year) compared with fibrin sealant (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
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
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
Early postoperative pain (VAS 0 ‐ 10, 1 week) · 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
Health‐related quality of life · People with primary ventral or incisional hernia repair
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Recurrence · People with primary ventral or incisional hernia repair
1 finding from 1 review
Chronic pain · patients with recurrence and pain in Lichtenstein inguinal hernioplasty
Glue may leads to lower chronic pain compared with suture (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Hernia recurrence · patients with recurrence and pain in Lichtenstein inguinal hernioplasty
Glue showed no clear difference in hernia recurrence compared with suture (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Duration of operation (mins) · patients with recurrence and pain in Lichtenstein inguinal hernioplasty
1 finding from 1 review
Wound/superficial infection · patients with recurrence and pain in Lichtenstein inguinal hernioplasty
Glue showed no clear difference in wound/superficial infection compared with suture (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Haematoma (proportion of participants in each group with haematoma; · patients with recurrence and pain in Lichtenstein inguinal hernioplasty
Glue probably leads to lower haematoma compared with suture (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Time away from normal activities (days) · patients with recurrence and pain in Lichtenstein inguinal hernioplasty
1 finding from 1 review