Scheduled and urgent inguinal hernia repair in Ontario, Canada between 2010 and 2022: Population-based cross sectional analysis of trends and outcomes.

PLoS One · 2023 · PMC10745156 · PMID 38134127

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In the outpatient setting, use of laparoscopy for inguinal repair increased in the COVID-19 era, but this was likely driven by an increasing trend throughout the pre-pandemic period (Fig S3 in S1 File ).

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There appeared to be some temporary “catch-up” during wave 2 (483 more repairs than expected), but this did not reach statistical significance and therefore not more than expected (95% CI -249 to 1,215).

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