Mesh repair better than stitches for reducing abdominal hernia recurrence risk / National Institute for Health Research.

[London] : [NIHR Dissemination Centre], [2016?]

4 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 30 cm.

Title from cover.

"Artificial mesh is often used to repair hernias in the abdominal wall, but evidence on how this compares with repair using stitches has been lacking. This review found evidence that mesh repair reduces risk of recurrence compared with stitches."--Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographic references.