Table 1.

Characteristics of the included studies

Study	Study type	Mean age		Sample		Follow up (months)	Jaddad score
		Stoppa	Ilioinguinal	Stoppa	Ilioinguinal
Ma et al. [15]	RCT	41(33-65)	42(31-62)	30	30	34	4
Elmadag et al.,[13]	Casecontrolstudy	49.3	52.1	17	19	33	1
Hammad et al.,[12]	Retrospective chartreview	32.14(+13.53)	32.12(+ 11.29)	21	33	12	1
Shazar et al.,[14]	Retrospectivestudy	41.88(+15.7)	41.4(+15.4)	103	122	24	1