Use of Mesh in Laparoscopic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair: A Meta-Analysis and Risk-Benefit Analysis

• Beat P. Müller-Stich ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Beat P. Müller-Stich, Hannes G. Kenngott

  * E-mail: Beat.Mueller@med.uni-heidelberg.de

  Affiliation Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Hannes G. Kenngott ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Beat P. Müller-Stich, Hannes G. Kenngott

  Affiliation Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Matthias Gondan,

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 2A, 1315, København K, Denmark

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• Christian Stock,

  Affiliation Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 305, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Georg R. Linke,

  Affiliation Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Franziska Fritz,

  Affiliation Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Felix Nickel,

  Affiliation Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Markus K. Diener,

  Affiliations Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany, The Study Center of the German Surgical Society, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Carsten N. Gutt,

  Affiliation General, Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Klinikum Memmingen, Bismarckstraße 23, 87700, Memmingen, Germany

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• Moritz Wente,

  Affiliation Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Markus W. Büchler,

  Affiliation Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Lars Fischer

  Affiliation Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

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