Class information for:
Level 1: INGUINAL HERNIA//LICHTENSTEIN//TAPP

Basic class information

ID Publications Average number
of references
Avg. shr. active
ref. in WoS
1410 2579 22.8 64%



Bar chart of Publication_year

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Classes in level above (level 2)



ID, lev.
above
Publications Label for level above
1421 7479 HERNIA//INGUINAL HERNIA//INCISIONAL HERNIA

Terms with highest relevance score



Rank Term Type of term Relevance score
(tfidf)
Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences
Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term
Num. of
publ. in
class
1 INGUINAL HERNIA Author keyword 367 46% 23% 588
2 LICHTENSTEIN Author keyword 177 98% 2% 46
3 TAPP Author keyword 105 77% 3% 71
4 GROIN HERNIA Author keyword 93 78% 2% 61
5 HERNIA Journal 88 29% 10% 256
6 INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR Author keyword 56 56% 3% 68
7 LICHTENSTEIN REPAIR Author keyword 52 100% 1% 18
8 TOTALLY EXTRAPERITONEAL Author keyword 51 91% 1% 21
9 RECURRENT INGUINAL HERNIA Author keyword 45 83% 1% 25
10 SHOULDICE Author keyword 44 100% 1% 16

Web of Science journal categories

Author Key Words



Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)
Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences
Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term
Num. of
publ. in
class
LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 INGUINAL HERNIA 367 46% 23% 588 Search INGUINAL+HERNIA Search INGUINAL+HERNIA
2 LICHTENSTEIN 177 98% 2% 46 Search LICHTENSTEIN Search LICHTENSTEIN
3 TAPP 105 77% 3% 71 Search TAPP Search TAPP
4 GROIN HERNIA 93 78% 2% 61 Search GROIN+HERNIA Search GROIN+HERNIA
5 INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR 56 56% 3% 68 Search INGUINAL+HERNIA+REPAIR Search INGUINAL+HERNIA+REPAIR
6 LICHTENSTEIN REPAIR 52 100% 1% 18 Search LICHTENSTEIN+REPAIR Search LICHTENSTEIN+REPAIR
7 TOTALLY EXTRAPERITONEAL 51 91% 1% 21 Search TOTALLY+EXTRAPERITONEAL Search TOTALLY+EXTRAPERITONEAL
8 RECURRENT INGUINAL HERNIA 45 83% 1% 25 Search RECURRENT+INGUINAL+HERNIA Search RECURRENT+INGUINAL+HERNIA
9 SHOULDICE 44 100% 1% 16 Search SHOULDICE Search SHOULDICE
10 HERNIA 42 17% 9% 228 Search HERNIA Search HERNIA

Key Words Plus



Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)
Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences
Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term
Num. of
publ. in
class
1 HERNIORRHAPHY 579 59% 25% 656
2 GROIN HERNIA 573 85% 12% 305
3 HERNIOPLASTY 495 70% 16% 406
4 LICHTENSTEIN 440 90% 7% 193
5 TENSION FREE HERNIOPLASTY 216 91% 3% 90
6 OPEN MESH REPAIR 151 86% 3% 76
7 SHOULDICE 147 83% 3% 83
8 INGUINAL HERNIA 136 38% 11% 287
9 TAPP 133 84% 3% 73
10 OPEN MESH 103 91% 2% 42

Journals



Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)
Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences
Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term
Num. of
publ. in
class
1 HERNIA 88 29% 10% 256
2 WIDEOCHIRURGIA I INNE TECHNIKI MALOINWAZYJNE 2 13% 1% 16

Reviews



Title Publ. year Cit. Active references % act. ref.
to same field
European Hernia Society guidelines on the treatment of inguinal hernia in adult patients 2009 234 241 77%
Patient-Related Risk Factors for Recurrence After Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies 2015 2 68 75%
Update with level 1 studies of the European Hernia Society guidelines on the treatment of inguinal hernia in adult patients 2014 9 58 90%
A detailed analysis of outcome reporting from randomised controlled trials and meta-analyses of inguinal hernia repair 2015 1 56 80%
Totally extraperitoneal laparoscopic hernioplasty versus open extraperitoneal approach for inguinal hernia repair: A meta-analysis of outcomes of our current knowledge 2014 4 24 92%
Chronic pain after mesh repair of inguinal hernia: a systematic review 2007 105 29 86%
Comparison of laparoscopic versus open procedure in the treatment of recurrent inguinal hernia: a meta-analysis of the results 2014 3 35 100%
Self-gripping mesh versus sutured mesh in open inguinal hernia repair: system review and meta-analysis 2014 3 30 97%
A review of chronic pain after inguinal herniorrhaphy 2003 190 54 94%
Repair of groin hernia with synthetic mesh - Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials 2002 138 48 98%

Address terms



Rank Address term Relevance score
(tfidf)
Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences
Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term
Num. of
publ. in
class
1 HERNIA CLIN 11 100% 0.2% 6
2 TUNG WAH HOSP 5 25% 0.7% 19
3 DANISH HERNIA DATABASE 4 67% 0.2% 4
4 HERNIA 4 42% 0.3% 8
5 GEN ENDOCRINE SURG TRANSPLANTAT 4 50% 0.2% 6
6 SECT SURG PATHOPHYSIOL 4074 4 31% 0.4% 10
7 EU HERNIA TRIALISTS ABORAT SECRETARIAT 3 100% 0.1% 3
8 PERIOPERAT OPTIMIZAT 3 28% 0.3% 8
9 MULTIDISCIPLINARY PAIN 7612 2 44% 0.2% 4
10 GEN L AROSCOP SURG 2 17% 0.5% 12

Related classes at same level (level 1)



Rank Relatedness score Related classes
1 0.0000201032 SHUTTER MECHANISM//GASLESS SINGLE PORT SURGERY//NATIONWIDE REGISTER
2 0.0000147254 INCISIONAL HERNIA//VENTRAL HERNIA//ABDOMINAL WALL RECONSTRUCTION
3 0.0000100135 SPIGELIAN HERNIA//SPORTS HERNIA//OSTEITIS PUBIS
4 0.0000098437 CONTRALATERAL EXPLORATION//INGUINAL HERNIA//PEDIATRIC INGUINAL HERNIA
5 0.0000094801 MERALGIA PARESTHETICA//LATERAL FEMORAL CUTANEOUS NERVE//ABDOMINAL WALL PAIN
6 0.0000063811 OBTURATOR HERNIA//PERINEAL HERNIA//SCIATIC HERNIA
7 0.0000051815 RUTH LILLY LAW LIB//EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM//LAWYERING PROGRAM
8 0.0000040447 PREEMPTIVE ANALGESIA//ANALGESIA PREEMPTIVE//WOUND INFILTRATION
9 0.0000035446 DAY SURGERY//AMBULATORY SURGERY//OFFICE BASED ANESTHESIA
10 0.0000032305 INTRATHORACIC KIDNEY//GIANT INGUINOSCROTAL HERNIA//THORACIC KIDNEY