Nerve identification in open inguinal hernioplasty: A meta-analysis.
Mithilesh Kumar SinhaApurba BarmanPrabhas Ranjan TripathyAnkit ShettarPublished in: Turkish journal of surgery (2022)
The pooled values indicate low identification rates for IHN and GB. Significant heterogeneity and large confidence intervals reduce the importance of these values as quality standards. Better results are observed in single-centre studies and studies which are focused on nerve identification.