Hernias in adults
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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