The Totally Extraperitoneal Method versus Lichtenstein's Technique for Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analyses and Trial Sequential Analyses of Randomized Clinical Trials

Total Extraperitoneal Inguinal Hernia Repair Compared With Lichtenstein (the LEVEL-Trial)

(2010) Hester R. Langeveld et al.   ANNALS OF SURGERY

Evidence at a glance: error matrix approach for overviewing available evidence

(2010) Frederik Keus et al.   BMC Medical Research Methodology

Chronic pain 5 years after randomized comparison of laparoscopic and Lichtenstein inguinal hernia repair

(2010) A. Eklund et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Long-term cost-minimization analysis comparing laparoscopic with open (Lichtenstein) inguinal hernia repair

(2010) A. Eklund et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY

The transinguinal preperitoneal hernia correction vs Lichtenstein’s technique; is TIPP top?

(2010) G. G. Koning et al.   Hernia

CONSORT 2010 Statement: Updated Guidelines for Reporting Parallel Group Randomised Trials

(2010) Kenneth F. Schulz et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Robustness Assessments Are Needed to Reduce Bias in Meta-Analyses That Include Zero-Event Randomized Trials

(2009) F Keus et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Estimating required information size by quantifying diversity in random-effects model meta-analyses

(2009) Jørn Wetterslev et al.   BMC Medical Research Methodology

Transinguinal preperitoneal memory ring patch versus Lichtenstein repair for unilateral inguinal hernias

(2009) Frederik Berrevoet et al.   LANGENBECKS ARCHIVES OF SURGERY

Low Recurrence Rate After Laparoscopic (TEP) and Open (Lichtenstein) Inguinal Hernia Repair

(2008) Arne S. Eklund et al.   ANNALS OF SURGERY

Can trial sequential monitoring boundaries reduce spurious inferences from meta-analyses?

(2008) Kristian Thorlund et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Apparently conclusive meta-analyses may be inconclusive—Trial sequential analysis adjustment of random error risk due to repetitive testing of accumulating data in apparently conclusive neonatal meta-analyses

(2008) Jesper Brok et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Empirical evidence of bias in treatment effect estimates in controlled trials with different interventions and outcomes: meta-epidemiological study

(2008) Lesley Wood et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

What is “quality of evidence” and why is it important to clinicians?

(2008) Gordon H Guyatt et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Trial sequential analysis may establish when firm evidence is reached in cumulative meta-analysis

(2007) Jørn Wetterslev et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY