Unlikely Study aimed at looking at seroma and duration of operation and did not report key outcomes that would be expected for such a study i. Looking at the type of non-mesh techniques that were used, the following subgroups can be distinghuised: Shouldice Bassini Desarda Darning techniques Marcy repair using multiple non-mesh techniques 'mixed' Since Shouldice is the most relevant non-mesh technique for the Dutch situation, in presenting the results and grading of the evidence GRADE , the focus is on the comparison mesh versus Shouldice. Unclear Reasons: No information provided on blinding. Allocation concealment: refers to the protection blinding of the randomisation process. De belangrijkste bevindingen uit de literatuur werden beschreven in de Engelstalige samenvatting van de literatuur.
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