Is it worth to explore the contralateral side in unilateral childhood inguinal hernia?: A PRISMA-compliant meta-analysis.

Medicine (Baltimore) · 2020 · PMC7402905 · PMID 32756186

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a nonsignificant trendno p-value reported

[ 12 ] Children <1 year showed a nonsignificant trend to higher odds for development of MCIH (6.9%; CI 3.8–11.2%) compared to older patients (4.5%; CI 3.1–6.2%).

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The fact that gender was not a significant risk factor in our previous meta-analysis (but showed a clear trend that females were more likely to develop MCIH) might be reflective of the larger number of included patients in the present meta-analysis.

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