Table 1.

Fixation versus nonfixation of the mesh in endoscopic inguinal hernia repair: recurrence

Study	Follow-up	Type of repair	Recurrence		Level of evidence
			Fixation	No fixation
Taylor et al. (2008) [11]	8 (6–13) monthsa	TEP	1/247	0/253	1b
Smith et al. (1999) [18]	16 (1–32) monthsa	TAPP	3/273	0/263	1b
Moreno-Egea et al. (2004) [17]	36 ± 12 monthsb	TEP	0/118	3/111	1b
Koch et al. (2006) [15]	19 (6–30) mob	TEP	0/20	0/20	2b
Ferzli et al. (1999) [19]	8 monthsc	TEP	0/50	0/50	2b
Garg et al. (2008) [21]	17 (6–40) monthsd	TEP	1/61	2/1692	3b
Lau et al. (2003) [26]	1 yearc	TEP	0/100	0/100	3b
Khajanchee et al. (2001) [27]	15 (1–23) monthsd	TEP	2/67	4/105	3b
Morrison et al. (2008) [30]	89% 1 year	TEP	–	1/157	4
Tamme et al. (2003) [40]	Not specified	TEP	–	29/5203	4
Kapiris et al. (2001) [28]	Not specified	TAPP		22/3868	4
Beattie et al. (2000) [42]	Not specified	TEP	–	0/89	4
Spitz et al. (2000) [43]	Not specified	TEP	–	0/203	4
Summary			7/936 0.7%	61/12114 0.5%

^aMedian (range); ^b mean ± SD; ^c mean; ^d mean (range)