Work-relatedness of inguinal hernia: a systematic review including meta-analysis and GRADE.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Clinicians need to know whether inguinal hernia (IH) can be attributed to work to answer questions regarding prevention and medical causation. This review describes whether work-related risk factors are associated with IH.

Methods

A systematic review was performed in Medline via PubMed until February 3rd, 2020. Inclusion criteria were that IH was diagnosed by a clinician, and workers exposed to work-related risk factors were compared to workers less exposed or not at all. A quality assessment and a meta-analysis using Cochrane's RevMan 5.3 were performed, including GRADE for quality of evidence.

Results

The search resulted in 540 references. Fourteen studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria, of which three were included in a meta-analysis, all three being of h

SUBMITTER: Kuijer PPFM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7520410 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature