Efficacy of biological versus synthetic meshes in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

BMC Surg · 2026 · PMC13251135 · PMID 42021216

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The pooled result indicated that the recurrence rate was higher in the biological mesh group compared to the synthetic mesh group (RR = 1.96, 95% CI: 0.19–20.61), but this difference did not reach statistical significance ( P = 0.57) (Fig. 7 ).

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