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Multicenter Study
. 2024 Jul 2;111(7):znae164.
doi: 10.1093/bjs/znae164.

Global access to technologies to support safe and effective inguinal hernia surgery: prospective, international cohort study

National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery
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Multicenter Study

Global access to technologies to support safe and effective inguinal hernia surgery: prospective, international cohort study

National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery. Br J Surg. .

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Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Flow chart of included patients HIC, high-income country; UMIC, upper-middle-income country; LMIC, lower-middle-income country; LIC, low-income country.
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Fig. 2
Variation in surgical technique across income groups TAPP, transabdominal preperitoneal repair; TEP, totally extraperitoneal repair; HIC, high-income country; UMIC, upper-middle-income country; LMIC, lower-middle-income country; LIC, low-income country.
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Fig. 3
Use of technologies across income groups *Of the patients undergoing minimally invasive surgery, 99.6% (3648 of 3661) had mesh repair. There were no missing data for surgical approach and mesh use. MIS, minimally invasive surgery; HIC, high-income country; UMIC, upper-middle-income country; LMIC, lower-middle-income country; LIC, low-income country.
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Fig. 4
Predictors of mesh use in open surgery Only patients undergoing open surgery were included in the model (n=11 107). HIC, high-income country; LMIC, low–middle income countries, includinng upper-middle-, lower-middle-, and low-income countries.
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Fig. 5
Predictors of use of minimally invasive surgery MIS, minimally invasive surgery; HIC, high-income country; LMIC, low–middle income countries, including upper-middle-, lower-middle-, and low-income countries.
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