Hernias in adults
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Hernias in adults 
Antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of postoperative wound infection in adults undergoing open elective inguinal or femoral hernia repair- Enlarged scrotum or palpable mass in scrotum
Low risk of need for contralateral inguinal hernia repair after unilateral repair- Fewer recurrences of small umbilical hernias repaired with mesh than with sutures
- Transabdominal pre‐peritoneal (TAPP) versus totally extraperitoneal (TEP) laparoscopic techniques for inguinal hernia repair
- Mesh versus non‐mesh for emergency groin hernia repair
- Incarceration during nonoperative management of incisional hernia is uncommon but increases the risk of death
- Laparoscopic versus open surgical techniques for ventral or incisional hernia repair: Cochrane systematic review
- Wound drains after incisional hernia repair: Cochrane systematic review
- Open Preperitoneal Techniques versus Lichtenstein Repair for elective Inguinal Hernias: Cochrane systematic review
- Hernias in children
- Shouldice technique versus other open techniques for inguinal hernia repair: Cochrane systematic review
- Mesh versus non‐mesh for inguinal and femoral hernia repair
- Mesh fixation techniques in primary ventral or incisional hernia repair
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe respiratory failure in newborn infants
- Groin pain
- Peritoneal closure versus no peritoneal closure for patients undergoing non‐obstetric abdominal operations
- Acute abdomen in the adult
- Purse‐string skin closure versus linear skin closure in people undergoing stoma reversal
- Many patients with uncomplicated acute appendicitis do well with antibiotic therapy
- Topical capsaicin (high concentration) for chronic neuropathic pain in adults
- Local anaesthetics and regional anaesthesia versus conventional analgesia for preventing persistent postoperative pain in adults and children
- Antenatal clinics: care and examinations
- Fundoplication in laparoscopic Heller's cardiomyotomy for achalasia