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Guideline-discordant care among females undergoing groin hernia repair: the importance of sex as a biologic variable.
Abstract
Females suffer higher rates of operative recurrence and chronic pain following groin hernia repair. Guidelines recommend minimally invasive (MIS) groin hernia repair as the preferred approach to reduce these adverse outcomes. It is unknown what proportion of females receive MIS hernia repair. Therefore, our goal was to investigate adoption of evidence-based practices in groin hernia repair using sex as a biological variable.