Table 6.

 

Year of publication	First author	Groups	Number of patients	Follow-up duration (months)	Follow-up number (percentage with physical examination)	Recurrence (%)	Chronic pain (%)
2000	Kingsnorth et al. [154]	Mesh-plug vs. Lichtenstein	141 68/73	14 days	100%	No data	No data
2002	Kingsnorth et al. [155]	PHS vs. Lichtenstein	206 103/103	12	98%	0% PHS 2% Lichtenstein	No data
2005	Nienhuijs et al. [218]	PHS vs. Lichtenstein vs. Mesh-plug	334 111/110/143	15	95.8%	2.5% No differences	43.3% No differences
2006	Dogru et al. [83]	Kugel vs. Lichtenstein	140 70/70	24	99%	0% Kugel 1.4% Lich	No data
2006	Sanjay et al. [270]	PHS vs. Lichtenstein	64 31/33	6 weeks	94%	3% PHS 0% lich	No data
2007	Adamonis et al. [7]	Trabucco vs. Mesh-plug	100 50/50	21	57%	4% Trab 4% M-P	30% Trab 19% M-P
2007	Frey et al. [103]	Mesh-plug vs. Lichtenstein	597 297/298	12	85.3%	0.3% M-P 0% Lich	14.2% Lich 7% M-P