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Table 3.

Recurrences after fixation with staples versus fixation with fibrin glue

Study	Follow-up	Type of repair	Recurrence		Level of evidence
Study	Follow-up	Type of repair	Stapling device	Fibrin glue	Level of evidence
Olmi et al. (2007) [13]	26 months^a	TAPP	0/581	0/222	1b
Lau et al. (2005) [44]	1.2 years^a	TEP	0/94	0/92	1b
Lovisetto et al. (2007) [14]	11.7 months	TAPP	0/98	1/99	1b
Ceccarelli et al. (2008) [20]	19 (4–40) months^b	TAPP	0/87	0/83	3b
Santoro et al. (2007) [22]	13.2 (5–24) months^b	TAPP	0/245	0/250	3b
Schwab et al. (2006) [23]	23.7 (11–47) months^b	TEP	5/87	2/86	3b
Novik al (2006) [24]	1, 16, 40 mo	TEP	0/96	0/9	3b
Topart et al. (2005) [25]	28.3 ± 10.9 months^b	TEP	3/117	1/81	3b
Topart et al. (2005) [25]	23.9 ± 11.3 months^b	TEP	3/117	1/81	3b
Total			8/1405 0.6%	4/922 0.4%

^aMedian; ^bmean (range)