After selection, the following information were extracted from each article and reported in a database: bibliographic reference, publication year, technique name (when available), number of patients, sex, age (median and/or range), surgical indications, defect size (median and/or range), indications to surgery, surgical time (median and/or range), surgical access type, mesh type,
mesh location, post-operative stay, follow-up time, complications, surgical site complications, seroma, recurrences.