| ASA |
American Society of Anaesthesiologists |
| BNF |
British National Formulary |
| CI |
confidence interval |
| CrI |
credible interval |
| CST |
component separation technique |
| DIS |
deep incisional |
| GRADE |
grading of recommendations assessment, development and evaluation |
| HADS |
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale |
| HerQLes |
Hernia-Related Quality of Life Survey |
| HR |
hazard ratio |
| IH |
incisional hernia |
| ICER |
incremental cost-effectiveness ratio |
| IPOM |
intraperitoneal onlay mesh |
| IRIC |
Incident Reporting and Investigation Centre |
| MD |
mean difference |
| MHRA |
Medical and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency |
| MINORS |
methodological index for non-randomised studies |
| NMA |
network meta-analysis |
| NNT |
number needed to treat |
| NR |
not reported |
| OR |
odds ratio |
| OWDSA |
one-way deterministic sensitivity analyses |
| PCS |
Pain Catastrophising Scale |
| PSA |
probabilistic sensitivity analysis |
| PVH |
primary ventral hernia |
| QALY |
quality-adjusted life-year |
| RCT |
randomised controlled trial |
| RD |
risk difference |
| RR |
risk ratio/relative risk |
| SD |
standard deviation |
| SHTG |
Scottish Health Technologies Group |
| SIGN |
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network |
| SSI |
surgical site infection |
| SUCRA |
surface under the cumulative ranking |
| TAPP |
transabdominal preperitoneal |
| TEP |
totally extraperitoneal |
| VAS |
visual analogue scale |
| WMD |
weighted mean difference |
Scottish Health Technologies Group (SHTG)
