A novel tool to evaluate bias in literature on use of biologic mesh in abdominal wall hernia repair.
J ConL ZarainShekhar GognaD J SamsonK PrabhakaranS GashiE TilleyR LatifiPublished in: Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery (2019)
The instrument that we created could allow to assess the risk of bias in different kind of studies. Our assessment of the studies based on the criteria that we had set up in the instrument clearly identified that further research needs to be done due to the lack of unbiased studies regarding the use of biologic meshes for abdominal hernia repair.