Reduced Postoperative Chronic Pain after Tension-Free Inguinal Hernia Repair Using Absorbable Sutures: A Single-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial Igor Jeroukhimov, MD, Itay Wiser, MD, PhD, Evgeny Karasic, MD, Vladimir Nesterenko, MD, Natan Poluksht, MD, Ron Lavy, MD, Ariel Halevy, MD, FACS Journal of the American College of Surgeons Volume 218, Issue 1, Pages 102-107 (January 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.09.010 Copyright © 2014 American College of Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) flow chart of study patient enrollment. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2014 218, 102-107DOI: (10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.09.010) Copyright © 2014 American College of Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Kaplan-Meier survival plot comparing postoperative disappearence of pain between suture groups. ABS, absorbable braided suture; NAMS, noabsorbable monofilament suture. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2014 218, 102-107DOI: (10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.09.010) Copyright © 2014 American College of Surgeons Terms and Conditions