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Assessment of the quality of life after hernia repair in India: does the HERQL questionnaire need amendment?

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Acknowledgements

We would like to acknowledge the contributions of Renuka Ashtekar in gaining Institutional Ethics Committee approval and collecting data for this pilot study.

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  1. Department of General Surgery, Seth G.S.M.C and K.E.M Hospital, Mumbai, India

    J. Gandhi & A. Banker

  2. Faculty of Medicine, Seth G.S.M.C and K.E.M Hospital, UG Office, Ground Floor, Mumbai, 400012, India

    V. Bansal

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(1) JG: study design, data collection, and manuscript preparation. (2) AB: statistical analysis and manuscript preparation. (3) VB: data collection, manuscript preparation, and literature search.

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Gandhi, J., Banker, A. & Bansal, V. Assessment of the quality of life after hernia repair in India: does the HERQL questionnaire need amendment?. Hernia 26, 969–970 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-021-02529-y

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