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Barbed suture versus preperitoneal ventral patch in medium-size ventral hernia repair: randomized clinical trial.

BJS Open · 2025 · PMC12578299 · PMID 41172283

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borderline significantP = 0.072so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)
Smoking was a strong predictor in univariable analysis ( P = 0.002) but became borderline significant in the multivariate model ( P = 0.072).

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