Ref (type)	Population	Outcome, Interventions	Results and statistical analysis	Effect size	Favours
Pain
Systematic review	1233 people 8 RCTs in this analysis	Persisting pain after 3 months with TAPP laparoscopic repair with open suture repair	OR 0.35 95% CI 0.24 to 0.50 Data analysed using fixed-effects model; see further information on studies for full details	Moderate effect size	TAPP laparoscopic repair