Ref (type)	Population	Outcome, Interventions	Results and statistical analysis	Effect size	Favours
Hospital stay
Systematic review	1586 people 13 RCTs in this analysis	Length of hospital stay with TAPP laparoscopic repair with open suture repair	WMR 0.10 days 95% CI 0.02 days to 0.17 days The effect on length of hospital stay was slight Data analysed using fixed-effects model; see further information on studies for full details Heterogeneity among RCTs; see further information on studies	Effect size not calculated	TAPP laparoscopic repair